So, Elvis. Hmm.
Well, I'd been interested in this album for a few years. I was picking around on the internet about Todd Trainer - drummist for rock band Shellac - and he said along with "Goat" by the Jesus Lizard, "In on the Kill Taker" by Fugazi and "Quadrophenia" by the Who, this was an album he listened to for drumming inspiration. And I know Todd. And Mac McNeilly, Brendan Canty and Keith Moon. Personally. We play solitaire together. Anyway, we aren't here to talk about how I spend my Wednesday mornings. Instead, we're hear to rock out to this new Elvis Costello album!
Well, its not new, but you can certainly "rock out" to it! To be honest, I haven't heard much of Elvis' stuff. I mean, I've heard your "Alison" and other classics that you might hear on XRT, but that's about it. What I got was an explosion of kinetic whipped out energy of no-frills rock and roll hooplah. Dear god, that was a terrible sentence. Who cares? I'm leaving it.
A lot of the songs start of in the mid-tempo to fast range with either a drum intro, the whole band playing, a piano or something else. After a while, some of the songs start to sound the same, or kinda blend into each other, but, overall, its enjoyable. And Elvis slows it down - just listen to "Little Triggers" for the high school prom dancer in you.
And the band sounds good - I can tell why Todd is totally into the drummer here. He's just tearing it up and being semi-flashy, but not metaphorically spilling ice cream all over Elvis' metaphorical typewriter. Like "Lipstick Vogue", which also has this cool weird sound keyboard line and stuff that sounds spooky! At times, the keyboard/organ sounds gets annoying, but in most cases, its fine. The bassist does some stuff, like that cool bass line in "(I don't want to go to) Chelsea". Elvis sings and plays guitar and is fine. He's still alive, feel free to call him up and ask for him to interview you on Spectacle. It'll be a blast!
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