Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart
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Artist: Von BondiesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-03-09
Music Label: Sire / London/Rhino
Product features:
- VON BONDIES THE PAWN SHOPPE HEART
- No Regrets
- Broken Man
- C'mon C'mon
- Tell Me What You See
- Been Swank
- Maried
- Not That Social
- Crawl Through The Darkness
- The Fever
- Right Of Way
- Poison Ivy
- Pawn Shoppe Heart
Free Music Notes for Pawn Shoppe Heart
Free Music Review: Very hooky, consistent album
Hit: 5 Stars
The Von Bondies' major label debut is just stunningly catchy. From the chorus that opens "No Regrets" to the bended power chord held for 10 seconds at the end of "Pawn Shoppe Heart", it's a very consistent album, and while The Stripes have the ability to amaze so much more in just a single song (probably why they are more famous), when it comes to making their albums, everything was just so inconsistent and random that you really wondered whether they just had the songs on the album in the order they were able to think of them (their most recent effort Icky Thump has resolved that problem a great deal, but it's still there).
Stollsteimer knows his songwriting strength and clearly shows it on this album; anthemic pentatonic scale rockers. This format sounds so familiar yet isn't executed similarly enough to another band to yield any genuine comparisons (The Stripes aren't really that similar to them at all). The rhythm section is going wild (Don Blum really is an excellent drummer), the guitars are raging, and while the vocals are largely devoid of melody, they do a really good job of masking that aspect by using different tones of voice (I can't say the girls on the album really do that as much as Stollsteimer, but they got more melodic roles in the songs they were involved in anyway).
My biggest complaint with this album was probably that their formula is just a bit overused, though that really doesn't discredit the album much at all, because it's such a winning formula the band's invented. I really have gotten hooked on so many songs in this collection that it's hard to imagine it being much better.
Best songs:
Mairead
Broken Man
Tell Me What You See
Pawn Shoppe Heart
Weakest songs:
Not That Social
Poison Ivy
Been Swank
Pawn Shoppe Heart Poster
The Von Bondies blend raw garage, punk and true soul into one sonic whole with the release of their third album "Pawn Shoppe Heart". Produced by Jerry Harrison (best known for his work with Talking Heads and Modern Lovers), "Pawn Shoppe Heart" rattles through a number of highlights including the exhilarating rush of "Broken Man", the fiery first single "C'mon 'C'mon" and the soulful dual-vocal rock 'n' roll of "The Fever". Essentially The Von Bondies blend the best elements of music from the sixties onwards with an uncompromising and electrifying delivery of raw power.Detroit's Von Bondies may never be able to successfully disentangle themselves from the shadow of the White Stripes, not so much because Jack White produced the band's first album and took them around the world, but because the punch-up between the two groups' front men is destined to go down as one of the most infamous moments in the annals of rock 'n' roll. At least the Von Bondies attempt to move on with their sophomore release, Pawn Shoppe Heart, shedding the makeshift garage-punk sound of their hometown and recruiting former Modern Lover and Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison as producer. The results are staggering, with tracks like "C'mon, C'mon" and "No Regrets" bouncing on big glam riffs and bruised blues wailing, while the band breaks through the door sounding at once shameless and victorious. --Aidin Vaziri
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