RUSH - CARAVAN

Rush just released some single thing and I decided to review it.

Good news - it's new Rush.
Bad news - it's recorded with that same guy that did the last album.
What does this mean for you?

Well, it means that the guitars are triple tracked and loud, there are few keyboards (only atmosphere type stuff), and suprisingly, the drums are pushed BACK in the mix for most of the song. Honestly, it seems like every time there was a fill, the producer made the drums LOUD and then brought them back down. Geddy is also double tracking his vocals again. Christ. It also sounds like they are doing the same thing where Alex and Ged record snippets of songs then paste them together in ProTools and record them after they arrange it in the computer box. I mean, how do you get that chorus of "Caravan" from that verse? I kinda doesn't make sense.

So Rush, what are we gonna do with you? You brought so many good albums to us in the past 30+ years, but please, don't get stuck in this boring modern rock rut for too long. The other song "BU2B" has some promise, but please, write some songs and strip it down a bit. There's so much going on it's hard to focus - and not in the cool way like MBV or something, but like a bunch of 50/60 year old men learning computers still and saying "oh yeah! put that there! oh yeah, do that! louder louder louder!". Also, this producer guy is pretty terrible at encouraging this of them - maybe they should make an album with the guy who recorded "Fork in the Road" or the guy who does AC/DC albums. Neil is saying the new album is a "concept" thing er something...has Rush done one of those before?

OVERALL RATING - new rush!
KEY TRACK - since there's only 2, the "b-side" "BU2B" wins out.