Knives Don't Have Your Back

Today's Music That Suffers From Not Being Cat Power is Knives Don't Have Your Back, by Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton. No history lesson today in the interest of brevity and my rapidly growing headache.

This album is all faint, wispy vocals and piano, mellow stuff, generally pretty good. Sometimes Haines is a little too cute with her voice for me but overall this is a fine album, very basic and melancholy in its sound. I guess I already gave away my major criticism of the album with my sub-heading today though. This album, if anything, is at fault for being too similar, without any distinguishing features, to any number of Cat Power albums. I can't really get excited about an album that I've heard in principle if not in practice a few times already, one that I think has been done better before. There really isn't anything more to say about the album; none of the songs were particularly remarkable to my ears. If you like soft piano that might make you drowsy, this album may be for you.

The album is packaged well, almost like a golden-bound little book with an interesting insert. I think that tells you everything you need to know, that I found the presentation of the physical album more interesting than its actual contents. I'm willing to admit that my own physical condition is probably the reason for my terse if unfair review, but I stand by my words.

In Other News:
It's Monday and I need a nap. As per Monday tradition.

This is Support Your Local Catgun #75; I think if I make it to #100 I'll probably give away a massage and a hamloaf. I'm still a good number of posts away, though, sit down.