Do You Like Rock Music?

Today's Music of the Day is British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music? This album is something I decided I should finally look into, as I actually saw this band a couple months ago (locally, no less) and they were pretty rockin'. I also remember staying up too late to see the show and basically being as miserable at work the next day as I can remember. Sleeping ~3 hours will do that to you, though.

Anyhow, DYLRM? is decent. It seems to be somewhat anthemic indie rock, sort of a laid-back British cousin to the Secret Machines. It sounds very much like the kind of music that I would have expected U2 to release in the mid-90's if they hadn't sold out so hard. Sometimes the music on this album isn't quite driving or abrasive enough for me; it does a fine job of building tension but the release of that tension isn't quite great enough. Still, for being a straight-forward rock album, this set of songs is a pretty good listen, and has some interesting ideas.

This blog is basically of my impression after one listen, and I think this album probably warrants at least one more. So, based on my small sample size, I would say to find a couple tracks from this album and evaluate them before you buy it, but you could do a lot worse with your money.

In Other News:
It's already June?

Next post will be the 100th for this blog. How exciting! Perhaps I will treat myself to a cupcake, and you to a review of an album that I found particularly inspiring or touching. I guess you can have a cupcake, too.