Garbage
Not Your Kind of People
I
used to be a pretty decent Garbage fan. Used to be. I still like lead singer
Shirley Manson’s voice, but the overall sound of the band just doesn’t do it
for me anymore. Hell, I didn’t even know this album was coming out. They had
pretty much fallen off of my radar.
One
thing I initially liked about Garbage was their use of electronics in their
rock and roll. It wasn’t necessarily subtle in any of their previous albums,
but it was just an instrument to be used. The guitars and drums really let you
know that these were in fact rock albums. The electronics seemed to push the
tempo and sound in a way that the drums couldn’t by themselves.
Right
out of the gate with Not Your Kind of
People’s first track “Automatic Systematic Habit,” I get the feeling that
this is an electronic pop album with rock as an afterthought. As I keep
listening, I’m not proven wrong. A couple tracks stand out, like “Blood for
Poppies” (my favorite song on the album), “Felt,” and “Man on a Wire.” “Felt”
actually sounds like old-school Garbage. One thing that has remained constant throughout the years is Manson’s voice. It still sounds
great, if not more mature. The rest of the album…nope, just can’t get behind
it. Too many bloops and blips for me.
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