Peter Bjorn And John are the shit. I’m not even kidding. They’re who your geeky little cousin would be listening to if he wasn’t too busy armpit farting and building replicas of the Taj Mahal out of Jenga blocks. PB&J’s new album, oh-so ironically titled Writer’s Block, is what everyone should be listening to - I’m 100% convinced of this. Give it a shot and tell me it’s not one of the best releases of 2k6. If you don’t think so, well then at least you’ve still got Tupac’s 17th posthumous record to look forward to.
The Swedish trio’s methods are far from run-of-the-mill. Never before have I heard this much whistling on a record not named Kidz Bop. Crazy, bad-ass whistling. And some of you may know, as a two-time “Happy Whistler’s Week” attendee, I enjoy a good wharble more than tapioca pudding or scratch-n-sniff stickers. The first single off Writer’s Block, “Young Folks”, is apparently blowing up dance floors all across Europe and it’s easy to hear why with the catchiest little whistle I’ve ever heard since the movie “Iron Will”.
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This song it is played on the radio in the Ceska Republika. I like it very much. But I do not understand this Jenga Block? It is like Writer’s Block, yes?
Maybe the rest of the album is better but I thought that song was so annoying I couldn’t even finish it. Sorry.
Enjoy the next Tupac album. All kidding aside, I do actually probably like 6 other songs from the album more than Young Folks. But c\’mon…Young Folks isn\’t that bad…20 million dancing Europeans can\’t be wrong.
This is one giant step up for the Czech Republic considering that when I was there one of the songs I heard played consistently and heartily sung along to was “Mr. Lonely” by Akon. Hee.
oh geez, i remember that. now that song is going to be going through my head all day.
i hear it’s big in bulgaria too. i wonder if they too have jumped on the pb&j bandwagon.
I just got this album for my birthday. Based on this review, I might add. I am in love with it.
Beanballs… are you Zak’s fat little cousin?? It’s all starting to make sense…
I had to read back through the review to see why you were suddenly making fun of the fleshily-challenged. Are they seriously related?
Hi, found you on Yahoo. I enjoyed this review, although I am curious why didn’t you mention Victoria Bergsman. She absolutely *makes* the song.
just a quick hello and congratulations on a nice review! i\’ll visit you again!
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Comment by joiezabel — August 28, 2006 @ 6:36 am
i hate to do it but i’m going to have to agree with zak on this one.