Superchic(k) - Last One Picked
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Music CD Cover Artist: Superchic(k) Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2002-10-08 Music Label: Inpop Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Last One Picked Album
Free Music Review: Superchick pleases again, but stays close to home
Hit: 4 Stars
Superchick established itself as a great band with "Karaoke Superstars" melding female vocals with gritty distortion guitar. If you loved that combination, then "Last One Picked" is right up your alley. This time around, Superchick seems to have made their "you can make it as a teenager" message even less subtle than on "Karaoke Superstars" if that is possible. The lyrics in these songs are very direct and they've thrown in a couple narratives of fans who've written in with their problems/stories. There seem to be no "fictional fable" tracks like "Barlow Girls" on Superstars. Instead, Superchick is trying to be more intimate with the listener and notes how "you" or "I" are taking part in the song.The overall effect of this approach by the band to their audience on this disc is that it slightly detracts from what could be well-crafted and packaged songs.
Every track still has a hook or sing-a-long chorus to invite the listener, but by the end of the disc, you realize that Superchick has not really introduced any new elements to their style. They are sticking with the plan of frayed, rhythmic guitars surrounding the vocals of their two front-women.
Two moments where the band shows promise for future exploration and direction are on the tracks "Real" and "Song 4 Tricia". On the former (probably the best song on the album), some neat guitar effects are used and the vocals in the bridge are actually sweet and soaring, rather than talky and girlish as is their norm. That bridge gives great progression into the full-rock sound in the chorus, giving the song nice direction.
On "Song 4 Tricia", the listener is pleasantly treated to hearing the first male vocal recordings from the band.