Wild Flag
Wild Flag
Merge
2011
Rating: 5 soft prunes out of 10
Honestly, listening to this new Wild Flag album went pretty much as expected - that is, underwhelming. Especially given the pedigree of the band members - Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney, Mary Timony of Helium, and Rebecca Cole of the Minders. And then I remember that I never liked Sleater-Kinney's records, even though they were fantastic live. Helium never did much for me either, even when Polvo's Ash Bowie joined the band. And the Minders...hell, I don't know anything about them honestly. So I'm not sure why my expectations were high - probably the nature of any "super group". Or I bought into the hype, including from some of my friends. And it's not awful - it does rock, but something is missing. Maybe it's Corin Tucker's voice. Or maybe the songs just aren't that great. Still, I bet they rock live, I'd almost bet on it.
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