Title: Overrated Bombast
Product review: "Strange Times" is an album which sometimes showcases beautiful guitar work, but is otherwise ruined by horrific melodramatic tendencies. A real standout on the album is the haunting (emotion tempered with subtlety, for once) "Tears", the frequently mentioned "Swamp Thing" is merely a showcase of simplistic power chord hooks. The major culprit here is singer/bassist Burgess who is guilty of melodramatic grandstanding both in delivery and lyrics. Worth checking out, if you can get a cheap used version. Otherwise your money (and time) is best spent elsewhere.
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