Well, I tried ignoring them, but they just don’t seem to go away. The San Francisco Bay Guardian voted The Lovemakers Best Indie Band of 2006. This in and of itself is enough to make me disregard anything that the SF Bay Guardian has to say in the future, including the weather forecast and the advertisements. (The same feeling of disgust is also directed at sites that had previously claimed that the lead Lovemakers single, “Prepare for the Fight,” was a “must download,” like Blender and Live 105.)
Think that’s too harsh? Well here, have a listen for yourself to a seemingly representative song that’s on their site right now: “Falling Apart.”
I think it’s overly glossy, plastic, and soulless. I also think the jaw-droppingly boring synth “solo” sounds like it was written and performed by the guy from The Killers, perhaps on an off day for him.
Maybe next week I’ll tell you how I really feel about them…
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Comment by joiezabel — August 31, 2006 @ 8:07 am
well, i listened. 3 times actually. and i agree with you on the synth solo. however - and don’t hate me for this - me kind of likes the rest of it, although i would never say it was indie band of the year material…i would never buy this, but i would definitely dance to it.