Title: Evocative but not derivative - you MUST BUY IT!!
Review: Wow. This album is so addictive they should slap a biohazard warning label on it. I literally wake up in the middle of the night with the chorus of "Oh Goddammit" roiling in my head. Most certainly my favorite album of the last two years or so.As I listen to them, I'm reminded of a lot of the great, subversive, bouncy pop of the late 70's and 80's like Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Oingo Boingo, and others, but thankfully I never feel like they're ripping anyone off. OK, there is one riff on one song that sounds exactly like a riff from a mid-80's Iggy Pop song, but I'm willing to forgive that.Anyway - fantastic stuff this. Forget their earlier, pre-guitar player material. I think the band themselves would agree that this album is where they hit their stride in a big, bold way.
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