Professor Murder Rides The Subway

Today's Music of the Day is Professor Murder's Professor Murder Rides The Subway. This album is a 4+ song EP that I picked up via eMusic for no other reason than its fun title. The review may or may not be brief in order to maintain some theme with the subject matter.

Professor Murder Rides The Subway is a much better example of how to use and maintain energy in a song than at least one recent entry here. It's probably best classified as hip-hop, though it's definitely more, say, RJD2 than Jay-Z. The vocals aren't accentuated so much, though they have an apparent presence; the soundscape is alive with a number of elements. There are percussive contributions, but this is hardly a bass-heavy album; the drummer (at least, it doesn't sound like a machine) drives the songs forward as much as any piece. In terms of sound, this probably equates to something like Blur or possibly in the general direction of, say, Bloc Party. I would half expect that Professor Murder has the occasional pint with Liam Lynch.

This album is fairly amusing, even if the individual songs aren't quite momentous enough to make EP essential listening. Professor Murder Rides The Subway might show up in a sneaker or video game commercial at some point, and I wouldn't be surprised; until then, it has a place on the iPod shuffle that accompanies me to the gym.

In Other News:
Three Day Weekend OMG

I don't get to sleep in on Sunday and I don't even care. Well, maybe a little, but not really. This happens every first week of NEVER.