Umphrey's Mcgee - Anchor Drops
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Music CD Cover Artist: Umphrey's Mcgee Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2004-06-29 Music Label: Sci Fidelity Records Soundtracks:
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Free Music Review: Umphrey's McGee loses face again!
Hit: 2 Stars
For inexplicable reasons mealy mouthed vocals and noodling are the pillars of the current jam-band scene. Such acquired tastes have led to the isolation and inertia that Umphrey's McGee personifies.It was with great trepidation that I purchased Anchor Drops. I assume I am not the only one who noticed the churlish and sophomoric toilet related titles of many songs. A lack of musical focus manifested itself in this tedious exercise of self-stimulation and over-dubbed wah-wah.
For Umphrey's to compete on a level field of play and expand their horizons to include those not christened in patchouli I have several suggestions.
1. Work on new songs not just rehashed concert favorites.
2. Rather than aspiring to be a pocket Grateful Dead drug cult they should explore festivals that do not include the word jam.
3. Remember that a good riff can be concise and catchy.
4. That an overwrought jam repeated continually does not make it memorable.
I lost $15 on the deal. Umphrey's McGee lost face again!