The Men
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Sacred Bones
2011
Rating: 6 priest skulls out of 10
For example number 45,962 that everything old is new again, the imaginatively named The Men have popped on the scene as this generation's Polvo. Not that the original Polvo isn't still going strong, and preferred by this reviewer, but it was really only a matter of time before this happened. Well, to be perfectly fair it's Polvo crossed with a little surf rock wit ha shit ton of that blown out speaker/fuzz rock sound that everyone and their brother seems to be using these days. Not that I mind it, but let's tone it down a little bit people. Less is more is a statement that works for almost everything. I guess you could throw a Sonic Youth reference in there too, but it would seem a little redundant including them with Polvo.
all that might sound a bit dismissive, but I've actually enjoyed this debut record. I'm guessing they are noisy and awesome live and hope to find out soon. A nice start for sure - they might be wearing their influences a little too heavily, but at least they're pretty good influences.
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