Last month I saw the Yeah Yeah Yeahs play a corporate event. My
date and I watched a man attempt to Shazam the band as they performed the,
"They Don't Love You Like I Love You" song. It gave me the idea to keep Shazam on during
Nose's tape; it is amazing. You should try it, dear reader.
Highlights are the nasally, heavily affected mod vox spewing
Hawkwind-like lyrics and the simple, timekeeping drumming. A compliment if
there ever was one, this is not a drummer to lose. Even if the drummer can
stand to lose some cymbals.
The cassette's initial opening minutes are the hoover. Stomach
in need of Alka-Seltzer synths squelch and bleat, introducing Nose's big hit
"The Day I Became a Planet." So much fun! Whatever shitty town Nose
is from (Cookeville,TN), they're clearly the most fun band to see at the VFW
hall with a down-to-earth-visible-panty-line cutie.
Eventually, unfortunately, on side 2 they let the Led out. Spin
Doctors-esque geetar strumming and classic rawk posturing damage the gnarly
over-drugged and over-the-small-town-vibe this band otherwise achieves.
According to Shazam.
--Mylanta Stamz
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