Title: 311's "Soundsystem" has blown speakers
Product review: I became interested in 311 while listening to their Rockline interview one late night during a long-distance drive. I really liked what I heard, particularly "Stealing Happy Hours" and "Beautiful Disaster," and I purchased Transistor a few days later. Hearing about a new 311 release, I thought I'd be pretty safe purchasing it without hearing any of it beforehand. After bringing it home and listening to it, if I were to describe the experience in one word, that word would be "disappointing." The music doesn't explore any real new territory - the guitar riffs sound like reruns from the last album, and the lyrics sound hastily put together and not particularly in synch with the music. There were just a couple of bright spots, which were the songs "Life's not a Race" and "Strong All Along."
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