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The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire
Artist:
Mclusky
Format: CD
New: NOT IN STOCK IN OUR STORE, BUT AVAILABLE TO ORDER $11.99
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Formats and Editions
1. Without MSG I ' Am Nothing
2. That Man Will Not Hang
3. She Will Only Bring You Happiness
4. Kkkitchens, What Were You Thinking?
5. Your Children Are Waiting For You to Die
6. Icarus Smicarus
7. Slay!
8. You Should Be Ashamed, Seamus
9. Lucky Jim
10. Forget About Him I'm Mint
11. 1956 and All That
12. Falco vs. The Young Canoeist
13. Support Systems
Reviews:
In its original incarnation punk challenged musical convention. But too many current practitioners play it loud-and-fast without thought--a relatively pointless exercise proving the inherent nothingness signified by empty sound and fury. When a band finds that golden point where volume, speed and intelligence intersect, punk regains its luster. That point is where mclusky lives.The Welsh punk trio bucked prevailing trends with their first two albums, 2000's My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours and 2002's mclusky Do Dallas (the latter produced by Steve Albini), absorbing and advancing core influences from their side of the ocean (the Sex Pistols, the Fall) and ours (the Pixies, Shellac, Jesus Lizard). For their brashly jagged third album, mclusky retains Albini's services and their unique punk edgem but the band's made a number of changes-hiring devilishly subtle new drummer Jack Eggleston and cultivating a more ominous atmosphere. Guitarist/vocalist Andy Falkous whoops in an approximation of Johnny Rotten and Frank Black. He also peels off licks that flit between punk melodicism and avant dissonance, as bassist/vocalist Jon Chapple combines with Egglestone for a bottom that is both bedrock heavy and texturally nuanced. With songs that are Cureishly shaded ("Without MSG I Am Nothing"), Pixie-dusted ("That Man Will Not Hang") and punk progged ("Your Children Are Waiting for You to Die"), mclusky has once again simultaneously translated and transcended their musical reference points. "In its original incarnation punk challenged musical convention. But too many current practitioners play it loud-and-fast without thought--a relatively pointless exercise proving the inherent nothingness signified by empty sound and fury. When a band finds that golden point where volume, speed and intelligence intersect, punk regains its luster. That point is where mclusky lives.The Welsh punk trio bucked prevailing trends with their first two albums, 2000's My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours and 2002's mclusky Do Dallas (the latter produced by Steve Albini), absorbing and advancing core influences from their side of the ocean (the Sex Pistols, the Fall) and ours (the Pixies, Shellac, Jesus Lizard). For their brashly jagged third album, mclusky retains Albini's services and their unique punk edgem but the band's made a number of changes-hiring devilishly subtle new drummer Jack Eggleston and cultivating a more ominous atmosphere. Guitarist/vocalist Andy Falkous whoops in an approximation of Johnny Rotten and Frank Black. He also peels off licks that flit between punk melodicism and avant dissonance, as bassist/vocalist Jon Chapple combines with Egglestone for a bottom that is both bedrock heavy and texturally nuanced. With songs that are Cureishly shaded ("Without MSG I Am Nothing"), Pixie-dusted ("That Man Will Not Hang") and punk progged ("Your Children Are Waiting for You to Die"), mclusky has once again simultaneously translated and transcended their musical reference points."
