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Published on August 28th 2007
One thing I have always loved about Minus the Bear is that the band never keeps their sound stagnant from album to album, yet they always maintain or improve the elements of their sound that I find most appealing.
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can anyone answer why punk music is ridiculous when you are high best album ive heard yet with regards to talent and uniqueness this was the worst piece of indie shit ive ever heard. why did anyone even bother reviewing this douchebag pussy band. Where are the new reviews? Rabble, rabble, rabble. I love how retards always complain that pitchfork reviews are too difficult to read. Dummies are funny. Beer Commercials, the occasional live show, and then a bitchin compilation CD of the best 4 songs from their albums and that's all you need really.......unless you're like me and like to wank off to the strange guitar parts regardless of the quality of the tune. Score is for masturbation. totally agree with person below me, score is for their live show. Minus The Bear are one of the best live performing bands. At least they camem off that way the one time I saw them. i love this cd. not as good as the last one but this was good. but i cant listen to it when im high. it freaks the shit out of me. Easily the best. Wish the vinyl would've come with the bonus disc, though. This record is fucking awesome. MTB manage to evolve with every record yet still retain what originally made them so great. It's layered, it's atmospheric, and it's poppy. They took what they were doing on Menos El Oso and took it to the next level somehow. This is their best album, and this is coming from someone who has been a fan since the beginning. It's goddamn excellent. Great Record but def. not their best yet Amazing band. Good album. Can't wait to see them live. this album is soooooooooo inferior to Menos El Oso. and the rest of their catalog as well. after a couple of listenings... wow, great record... love the guitar work But don't take my word for it, listen to David Cross: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/10279-guest-list-da vid-cross-albums-to-listen-to-while-reading-overwrought-pitchfork -reviews Part 2 is such a shitty song, I don't know why they put it on there as opposed to either "electric rainbow" or "patiently waiting" from the bonus CD on the actual album instead as both of those songs are nowhere near as boring and lackluster as that song. in my top 10 bands of all time. great record too this album is amazing, if you read these comments and listen to that opinion of dbag danperrone then you are going to miss out on a great album. Whew! That scared me ... on first read I thought it said Axl Rose I had never been to the Pitchfork page so I checked out that David Cross link below and skimmed some of their reviews. What a bunch of fucking douchebaggery. Won't be visiting them again. Dudes named "Scott" and "Heisel" are STOKED! Love this album. This is one of the better reviews I've read too, if only because it doesn't gush over "Lotus" and its 9-minute length. It's a great song, but far from the best on the album, as some reviews might lead you to believe. "The pitchfork review was better." Just like anything Minus The Bear puts out, this needs a little bit of time to grow on you. Even though I loved "Highly Refined Pirates" immediately, it took me more than one or two listens to love "Beer Commercials" and it certainly took me several to fall in love with "Menos." I still, however, ended up loving everything they have ever put out and "Planet Of Ice" is not changing this pattern as the more I listen to it the more I like it. "Ice Monster" is now one of my favorite MTB songs. Also, "Beer Commercials" is certainly better than "Gigantic." The production on the latter really hinders its strength even though the songs themselves are great. This is easily the best thing they've ever done, with Beer Commercials in second. My pick so far for the best album of 2007. I've been listening to this for a week now and I think its their most solid album to date, it maybe just lacks a killer song. this album sucks...sorry dudes, but you were better when you were having fun and not taking yourselves so seriously to the poster below: Pretty good review. And guy below me, Pitchfork reviews are never better. Read that site for the news, if you're interested in the bands they cover -- NOT the reviews. Those things are unbelievably full of shit; all of those creative writing majors try to put their philosophy 100 classes and lectures on postmodernism to some sort of use by impressing the hell out of the other writers who sit around jerking off to each others' bullshit. The pitchfork review was better. Poster below: I haven't heard the former, but Beer Commercials has some of their best jams. I have their first two full lengths and I'm gonna buy this. |
