So the Internet has been a buzz with word that Beck is releasing a new album he worked on with producer Danger Mouse, aka the fro-top of Gnarls Barkley. Yeah, it's great news and all, but with all this NIN, Radiohead and Coldplay free tunes business as of late...simply the fact that Beck's whipping out this album this summer doesn't get my little heart pounding like the word...FREE.So news that Beck went into the studio with Danger Mouse back in December to work on a few tracks which quickly became an album's worth of 10 songs...doesn't excite me so much. Nor does the idea that, according to
MTV, Cat Power lends her chops on back-up for a track. And the fact the album is only a little over 30 minutes only validates my point exactly...it should be FREE. I don't really care that the music on the new yet-to-be titled effort bridge "economy and experimentation...while consistently manifesting Beck and Danger Mouse's shared interest in psych-rock, folk, electronic minimalism and orchestration." The word I want to see in there is FREE. Give me (and the rest of the world) this album for FREE. Come on Beck, I've paid for your last four albums so you should really just hop on the band wagon and cough that shitz up for $0. The stickers from
The Information cover art were fun and all, but, you know what else is fun these days (and the last 8 years), not having to open up my wallet for music......unless it's his September 20th show at the Hollywood Bowl with special guests Spoon and MGMT. I'd pay to see that.
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