Boo Hoo Hoo Boo
Kill Rock Stars
2006
Rating: 6 mental notes out of 10
I don’t know whether to admire the balls it takes to name a band after a Jane Fonda movie, much less this Jane Fonda movie (were “Barbarella” and “On Golden Pond” taken?), or just remain bewildered as to what combination of hallucinogens it took to decide it was a good idea. It’s all secondary to the fact that this junk rock band makes some damn interesting music. This large group of kids from Vancouver is a modified take on the sound that is sweeping Canada (and by proxy the U.S.) – namely, melodic noise rock. In this case, if you were to combine Wolf Parade, a family of circus gypsies, and some cheap liquor it would probably come out a lot like They Shoot Horses Don’t They?. Admittedly, you gotta be in the right mood for music like this – if you are feeling fragile at all the bleating horns and constant clank clank clank of the random percussion could probably send you to a nervous home…but when the mood strikes you for creating a raucous carnival atmosphere from your boom box there is nothing better.
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