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| Man Man - Six Demon Bag | Man Man comes to us with their sophomore album, Six Demon Bag, with something to prove. Their debut, rather than basking in bountiful and unconditional praise, found critics blaspheming it as a derivative of many other works and declaring it too much a song-by-song collaboration rather than a collective album. The group, however loses very little of its random bounce on their follow up.
The introductory track, “Feathers,” sets the tone for the album to follow in a way as fitting as any. Slowly pounded, repetitive piano bits pace the song as it proceeds solo for a respectable piece of time before finding accompaniment in the vocal work of Honus Honus. Like the soundtrack to a dramatic circus, the first song immediately captures the attention of curious fans and, by virtue of its relatively inaccessible nature, weeds out mainstream craving listeners. “Engwish Bwudd” leads off with childish tweets and squeals and maintains an elementary attitude with its “fee – fi – fo – fum” action persisting throughout the whole of the song. More worldly instrumental work emerges on the following tracks and nearly Gregorian style chanting surfaces sporadically, as is the case in parts of “Hot Bat.” “Young Einstein on the Beach,” in all of its lack of understandable progression and decipherable lyrics, exemplifies the disc in exceptional fashion; however chaotic and illogical the track gets, it maintains an enjoyable and impressive ambiance throughout. “Skin Tension” proves one of the slower tracks immediately preceding the charging “Black Mission Goggles.” Minus the singing, standout piece “Van Helsing Boombox” could pass as, at different parts, an Italian romantic song or a lonely Western progression. Little else groundbreaking or even worthy of further mention is birthed by the closing tracks other than Animal House-esque female background work for the Grease style “Ice Dogs.” Still, to say that they are listenable would be a treasonous understatement; these songs prove equally interesting and fascinating as do earlier ones.
Man Man works with utter disregard for musical norms. Neglecting all traits known to mold a pop-culture phenomenon, the group rather produces music inevitably to be embraced by the masses of those grubbing through the uncharted depths of indie record stores. With vocal work more like that of a lumberjack than that of an actual singer and no blatantly gripping guitar work, Six Demon Bag provides an outlandishly unique and enjoyable disc. |
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10:58 AM on 03/25/06 | www.youtube.com/goodcomputerkids This is one of those records that you either love or you can't stand. | | |
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12:05 PM on 03/25/06 | i saw these guys open for ted leo and i hated them. They did have massive mustaches though | | |
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02:25 PM on 03/25/06 | these guys are awesome, and this record is boss. | | |
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07:38 PM on 03/25/06 | Oh wait your wife is dead Originally Posted by obleekness This is one of those records that you either love or you can't stand. |
I love it | | |
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04:21 PM on 03/26/06 | Originally Posted by nizzlefoshizzle i saw these guys open for ted leo and i hated them. They did have massive mustaches though |
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07:36 AM on 03/28/06 | Yeah I liked this album, but yeah, definately one of those, you love it or hate it kind of albums. | | |
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