In VoodooRama
Blue Disguise
2005
Rating: 6.5 little turds out of 10
Thee Missouri is a German band, but don't hold that against them – Kraftwerk was German too and you know you love them. You can't hate everything that comes from a country just because they produced The Scorpions.
They used to just be called Missouri, and were very morose and gothic sounding...like how a crumbling old cathedral would sound, you know, if crumbling old cathedrals wrote and performed songs. But then they added a “Thee” to their name - for reasons I'm unclear of, and a friend of mine actually knows them his only explanation was “who knows why Germans do what they do.” They also added some electronic elements and a thick dollop of sultry that sounds straight from the later Afghan Whigs output. Things aren't quite as depressing in this new world they have created; it has that feel of an old pulp detective novel, you’ve got one eye peeking over your shoulder, on the lookout for trouble. I’m not sure any of that makes a lick of sense, but this record is great, especially the epic final song “Lord, I’m Ready”.
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