07-28-2010, 04:44 PM
Just got to review MIA's latest, mostly because I want to write the title: /\/\ /\ Y /\
Rolling Stone has been pumping her up with features in the last three issues or so, getting that buzz buzzin, and there's a big spread in the new iss in honor of the new release. I actually picked it up the day it was released. From Target, no less. And it was under $10.
When I first played it, I had to turn it down. Too loud. When have you heard me say that? Too loud? The gal who brought us the cashregister/gunshot chorus in the so overplayed Paper Planes (How many movie soundtracks did that make? Well, two and a trailer, but still...) brings us tracks based on pneumatic drills (been done, so Stefani), jet engines, sirens and distortion, distortion, distortion. Teqkilla is a hilarious ode to hard liquor based on the whiny two-tone beep of a liquor-store doorbell. But after a few listenings, it's really grown on me. I figured out how to listen to it and what can I say? I love my dancehall divas. I'm a confessed bass worshipper. MIA's got the the bombs to make you blow. She's got the beats to make you bang bang bang. There's two possible pop tracks, the stripper-song XXXO and the reggae tune, It Takes a Muscle. But most of it will be unlistenable to the casual audience, which just makes me enjoy it all the more.
I can't wait to see her live with this album. I may have to resort to earplugs, but I'm sure it'll be worth it if I can writhe with writhing lesbians.
Rolling Stone has been pumping her up with features in the last three issues or so, getting that buzz buzzin, and there's a big spread in the new iss in honor of the new release. I actually picked it up the day it was released. From Target, no less. And it was under $10.
When I first played it, I had to turn it down. Too loud. When have you heard me say that? Too loud? The gal who brought us the cashregister/gunshot chorus in the so overplayed Paper Planes (How many movie soundtracks did that make? Well, two and a trailer, but still...) brings us tracks based on pneumatic drills (been done, so Stefani), jet engines, sirens and distortion, distortion, distortion. Teqkilla is a hilarious ode to hard liquor based on the whiny two-tone beep of a liquor-store doorbell. But after a few listenings, it's really grown on me. I figured out how to listen to it and what can I say? I love my dancehall divas. I'm a confessed bass worshipper. MIA's got the the bombs to make you blow. She's got the beats to make you bang bang bang. There's two possible pop tracks, the stripper-song XXXO and the reggae tune, It Takes a Muscle. But most of it will be unlistenable to the casual audience, which just makes me enjoy it all the more.
I can't wait to see her live with this album. I may have to resort to earplugs, but I'm sure it'll be worth it if I can writhe with writhing lesbians.
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