Razorlight. Razorlight. I like them. Do I like them? I cannot decide. I think I kind of like them. Sometimes.
Why am I so on the fence about
Razorlight? I've been trying to figure it out. On the one hand, I love the guy's voice and the clean, bright melodies. They remind me a lot of Crowded House, one of my favorite bands. The songs are pretty straightforward but there's enough of a strangeness to them that makes them interesting. The chorus to the song "America" above is totally repetitive and awkward, but I love that about it.
So why can't I fully embrace them? I think it's because at a certain level, there's just no
there there. I can enjoy parts of this record, but it's not going to change my life. I don't even know if I'll want to hear it in a year. And that's hard for me. Usually I don't keep records, books, people for that matter, around in my life unless they're really enriching me or reaching something real in me. And I usually don't like to write about music unless I really dig it, so I apologize for the ambivalence in this post. I wish the boys in Razorlight all the success in the world.
If you'd like to decide for yourself, listen here or just pick up their record for a few bucks. I saw at least 20 of them in the bargain bin last time I was at Amoeba.
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