The Long Shadow of the Paper Tiger

If any of you happen to run into Mahjongg, tell those guys they just made my shit list. I requested this album thinking it was going to be a cake-walk. I mean, hello, I totally reviewed Raydoncong back in 2005 (for the now defunct Suburban Horror, may its soul rest in peace), and I think I pretty much had it nailed. I figured I’d dust off a brilliant chestnut about “Gang of Four + Afro-beat,” toss it together with some crap about radical politics, and BAM! I’m back on the couch watching reruns of The Office with my fiancée before you can say “agitpop.”

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One might describe Mahjongg in two ways that are inverse possibilities. First, Mahjongg plays an aggressive style of dance music. Second, Mahjongg plays a dance-y and poppy style of noise music. On first listening to their third full-length album, The Long Shadow of the Paper Tiger, I would have gone with the latter description. But after multiple listens, I’m more inclined to class Mahjongg as a noisy dance band.

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