Title: Lacks inventiveness
Review: This is a band that may be losing it rapidly, which is OK cuz at least they made one great record. It wasn't this one: I don't get the very favorable respose to this album. To be fair, I haven't yet heard HOT SHOTS II, but will soon, because if there's a declension from THE THREE EPs to this latest, then HS2 probably has some good stuff -- and has to be better than the self-titled release. In other words, I thought HEROES TO ZEROS was going to be the answer to BETA BAND. Not. Just less frenetic and more streamlined, yet deperately trying to cling to their incredibly fresh early sound. That distinction got lost in the mix of the self-titled, and now it's trying to resurface through smooth but somehow muddy production along with boring melodies. Thank god the CD ended just now in my ears... Not a good sign. Maybe I'll come back to it; meanwhile, on to HOT SHOTS.
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