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| Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity |
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| March 14th, 2007 08:52 |
 Wow, it's been quite some time since the last review. I guess I do have some sort of legitimate excuse, since all my music is locked up in some storage facility somewhere in the greater Seattle area. That, and I don't seem to be getting any mail lately, promos included. I sound like I am bitching, don't I? Well, it takes more than that to keep me away from my beloved Ear Pollution page, so I ran out and payed full price for a CD just for you. It's all about you, really.
I scoped out the local non-chain music store and plopped down a few bucks for the newest Deerhoof release, Friend Opportunity. I have to admit that I didn't know all that much about Deerhoof beforehand, except for the fact that they toured with Radiohead and that they had some Asian chick singer that my wife described as "weird, but cute". Check, check, and check! Consider me sold.
Here's where I try and describe this album. I suppose that Friend Opportunity fits into the "alternapop" category. Or maybe the "avant garde, experimental pop" category. Awww fuck, I don't know, "post punk trash pop"? Another review that I read called it "kitchen sink pop" and I am totally jealous that I didn't think of that first. Oh well, she probably has a fancy degree in reviewology or something. Bitch. Anyway, Friend Opportunity is all over the map, and Deerhoof is definitely a band that likes to explore and push the boundaries of the ol' sonic palette. Some songs remind me of Cibo Matto, and there is one track where lead singer Satomi Matsuzaki channels Bjork via Dancer in the Dark. At turns whimsical and brooding, the mood is as mercurial as the band's line up, which apparently changes constantly. All told, Friend Opportunity is anything but boring and predictable. It is not, however, so far out there as to be inaccessible to the casual listener.
There you have it. Friend Opportunity is a solid album, and on a scale of one to ten, I give it 37 gold stars.
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Roy Starin
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