Title: Hard to find an original moment...
Product review: ...in fact, I couldn't. Halfway through the second track you've already heard four or five moments that have been lifted directly off of various Bowie albums. Sure, inspiration is one thing, but this album is so derivative it comes across as second-rate Pulp or Roxy Music.It's quite sad because I love British Sea Power's debut; it was nothing like this wannabe-mainstream crossover, however. Now they have added so many strings and melodramatic, overly used melodies that it sounds something like Bowie meets Meatloaf. Ugh.If you have their first album and think the highlights are the raw chords, the half-sung half-spoken vocals, and punky vibe, then you will find nothing to like on Open Season, unless you're such a Bowie fan that slavish imitations like this album are also your thing. After such a unique debut, this is a serious disappointment.
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