OFF/(HW): Acrimony

[Carl E. Anderson]

On tis 18 nov 1997 08.38 -0500 "Alun Hughes" <a.hughes at NEWI.AC.UK> wrote:
> I've got _Tumuli Shoomaroom_ ... one of those listen-to-it-once,
put-it-on-
> the-shelf albums. I *wanted* to like it, because it's time we had a
successor
> to Budgie as Gods of Welsh Metal, but, well, it *is* a bit bland and
> unoriginal. It didn't make me think "Kyuss", more "Monster Magnet."

    That was my first impression too, though it grew on me after some
listening.  Now I bring it out every couple of weeks (I've a limited CD
collection in the UK!) and am re-surprised with how decent it is.
    Frankly, discounting the HW-mystique, it _is_ better than most recent
HW efforts!

    But you're right that it doesn't really get out and distinguish itself.
 Still, the band has promise (and are good fun live :) and I hope that
they'll sparkle a bit more on the next album.

    Now, the new Orange Goblin album ... _that's_ definitely a fun and
groovy piece of work.  Not much HW influence, but it grooves and chunks in
all the right places :)

Cheers,
Carl

--
Carl Edlund Anderson
Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic
St. John's College, University of Cambridge
mailto:cea20 at cus.cam.ac.uk
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~carl/