PYLON - GYRATE

Pylon is just a fantastic beast of a band. But there's a lot to hate about them.

Like if you hate female singers that just kinda yell.
Or bands that you can dance to, while their lyrics defy you to dance to them.
Songs whose lyrics are just a list of nouns.
Songs that go for close to six minutes just so you can dance more.
Or if you hate any good band that's come out of Athens, GA (R.E.M., B-52s, Love Tractor)

But I hate none of those things, hence I freaking love Pylon.

By the way, skip to 1.02 in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVzvn3iB1qs&feature=fvw

doesn't mike mills look JUST LIKE matt verticchio, except all sweaty?'

ok, back to PYLON. Imagine the B-52s are like smores - a little crispy, gooey, makes you feel warm inside etc. PYLON are smores with barbed wire and when you bite it, it bites you back.

But man, I could just keep listening to this album! I mean, songs that are great for dancing, yet while being smart, like the Multiplication Rap tape I had when I was 7 (sorry, no sample lyrics...) and it just makes you want to get down, because everything is "Cool" according to the bonus track, "Cool", the A-side of their first single.

Sorry, this review just turned to crap. I wasted time watching R.E.M. videos on youtube and I no longer have a train of thought to finish this.

It's really good. You should buy it. The "Gyrate Plus" addition has the first single, a remix of "Danger" and a jam from a practice tape. If you like dancing, bass heavy-ness, and super-trebly guitars, you'll love this. I will say the drummer is great. He's very subtle, but he does this thing with the toms and snare and bass drum he'll do these hits with bass and snare at the same time (instead of bass and cymbal or something) that just get me every time.

The album ends with a great lyric:
"Don't rock and roll".
Brilliant.

OVERALL RATING - DIRTBIKES!!
KEY TRACKS - Feast on my Heart, Driving School, Stop It.