So rare, 'tis, that I bother going back to a band that disappoints me with its debut. (Which is, of course, very different from discovering a band mid- or post-career and getting the old "stay away from their earliest stuff" warning, which happens now and then though not as often as it should in our SUCCEED NOW! world, where few bands get that second chance.)
But I'm pretty darn happy that I randomly picked up the third album from South, Adventures in the Underground, a few months ago. They've shaken off the troubling "we're on Mo' Wax, so our drums are too big for our songs" thing that partly made that first outing such a leaden affair, and just decided to let rip with some fun riffs and New Order rips to bring grins to Steve's gob.
Posted on 06/15/2006
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