Juxtapose

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:27:54 -0500

I was disappointed with this album. I first stumbled upon Red Racer when checking out local shows. At the time, they had a a few songs from their EP posted on their MySpace, which in my opinion were awesome. They kind of sounded like a toned down Weezer sans Rivers Cuomo's over-rated pseudo ironic lyrics. Then I heard their new songs, from their recently released album, and I wondered what in the hell happened. Wasted Days is hands down the best track on the album because of, first, the vast difference musically compared with the other songs on the album (a bit progressive/experimental with the guitar and piano combination), and second, the vocal arrangement being well pieced together. The rest of the songs basically sound the same respectively (the fast songs sound the same, the slow songs...). In short, the album lacks variance. I hate to rag on local bands because I'm all about supporting the DC music scene, but this one bummed me out. My Blog

DCist: Album Review: Red Racer LP

Juxtapose