Deep Cuts

Not sure how I feel about Deep Cuts. There’s a lot of experimental and out there stuff on this album, and much of it doesn’t really go over well. I sometimes feel as though, kinda in spite of the cold, minimalist synth-pop soundscapes of tracks like ‘You Make Me Like Charity’, the band throw too much at the wall, esp with weird vocal effects and the like. They also seem to be dead set on incorporating calypso influences into their music, for example, and basically every time it comes off as unneeded, out of place and honestly more of a gimmick than anything. I think, mostly, I just don’t like Deep Cuts. I mean, I can appreciate what it tries to achieve and the content of the album subverted my expectations, sure, but not really in an interesting, attention-grabbing or even particularly pleasant. I was mostly just baffled- I don’t really know what they were going for, but then again perhaps there’s more depth to this album and I’m not perceptive enough to see it. It’s happened before.

…Oh, and Hangin’ Out is really weird.