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Title: A Lotta the Same
Review: I love a loose rock group as much as the next guy. Probably more. With their debut Hot Printz, Australia's Bumblebeez 81 are so loose they're slack. But lazy is another story. Most of these 14 songs and/or fragments are based around a good beat, fuzz guitar, raspy vocals, and occasional rapping. It's akin to backporch alternative. Singer Chris Colonna even sounds like grandpa with his teeth out. And it's intermittently fun. "Pony Ride", the single, is genius/stupid with its chorus of "come on ride the pony gotta get it up". "Come Ova" is a cute Pixies rip. Otherwise, the rap is lame. The playing is amateur. And the songs kinda sound the same.
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