Fischerspooner - Odyssey
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Free Music Notes for Odyssey
Free Music Review: no postal service
Hit: 4 Stars
The reviewer that compared this album to postal service was a little off...but both great bands. This album is way better than previous #1...definately worth owningFree Music Review: Solid but not very lasting
Hit: 4 Stars
This is fun music, well done, but doesn't reward repeated listening.Free Music Review: You'll be hearing this on the radio...
Hit: 3 Stars
I have to say, the production and lyrics are much cleaner on this album, which is a big plus, but they really lost some originality in the process. "Cloud", one of the better tracks on here, definitely shows the fingerprints of production assistance from Mirwais, while one of the more mediocre songs ("Ritz 107") sounds like they're channeling Underworld at their worst. The rest of the album presents some really catchy hooks, which is good from the perspective that it will most likely increase their radio- and video-play and get them greater exposure, but the commercialization is kind of a disappointment. The whole thing is much more even than #1, but somehow that makes the highs seem, well, not that high. "Never Win" will (ironically) probably be the big winner here, but it just doesn't provide the amp that "Emerge" did for the first album. Overall, it's very easy to listen to (with notable exceptions "Ritz 101" and "o"), and Lord knows it's more unique than the other dregs out there in the music world, so put this at the top of your "buy" list.Free Music Review: "Interesting" is the word...
Hit: 3 Stars
As an avid fan of Fischerspooner's last outing, the underground smash, #1, I can say that their latest endeavor (Odyssey) is a bit of a departure from the banging beats of its predeccessor.
Is that a bad thing? Yes and no. Sure, "Odyssey" has its fair share of entertaining electroclash moments, but #1 thrived on its ability to get your pulse up, with such hits as "Emerge", "Sweetness" and "Mega-colon". "Odyssey" shows how Fischerspooner is approaching a more ambient, Postal Service-esque sound; I enjoy The Postal Service, but I expected something a bit more uptempo and ostentatious from Fischerspooner.
Any avid fan of Fischerspooner will be loyal, and enjoy it. But those looking for the uptempo clashes of the last album might be a tad disappointed.
Free Music Review: GOES DOWN EASY
Hit: 3 Stars
More catchy and tuneful, but far less adventurous than their first CD. It all goes down very easy, but there's nothing as freakin' cool as Emerge, or as haunting as 15th, or as funny as Mega Colon, or as sonically stimulating as Invisible. What we get instead is lots of pop songs and pop song structures. They're playing it very safe. Casey's dead pan, over-processed vocals grow tiring after awhile, but kudos to FS for not abandoning their sparse electro sound pallet; even with the `lectric guitars, it still stays true to the FS vibe. They're touring as a "real band" this time around and not as a lip synching performance art act, as before. Guessing there'll be no spitting up blood this time out. As for Casey's blond, back-lit perm... Yikes!