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Originally Posted by demonrail666
T&B is about right. It's like an A&R dep't listened to the first Royal Trux album and decided to sign a band with all the obvious signifiers, except for the interesting bits.
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That is what I thought when they released their first album; their image put me off them for a long time... well, until I heard Fried My Little Brains to be exact.
I like Royal Trux but I don't think they've written a song as good as No Wow. Really.
All of their albums are great. They even have good B-sides (Passion Is Accurate, the Beefheart cover). And my favourite gig in years was when I saw them in Leeds this year, all of the Midnight Boom songs sound even better live. I'm a fan!
Oh, and I think the drum-machine is the best thing about No Wow (the album). I like the slow, measured 'tick-tick-tick'-ing, the way it sounds like its holding back something; and like its counting down until the moment when it will release it - its really intense.