[kj] Rolling Stone Weighs In

[gathering@misera.net]

As if you didn't already have enough reasons to boycott this glorified toilet 
paper, Rolling Stone reviews the new album:

KILLING JOKE 
Killing Joke
ZUMA
** (two stars out of five)
These middle-aged Brits, who first blended metal, post-punk and New Wave 
sounds into an oppressive mess twenty years ago return with one of the darkest 
albums in their extensive catalog. On tracks such as "Loose Cannon", the big 
riffs and expertly constructed electronic textures make for a heady, dark mix. But 
all the humorless gloom and doom feels oppressive after a while, and KILLING 
JOKE ultimately plays like the soundtrack to a slightly pretentious horror film
- Christian Hoard and Jon Caramanica.

Opinions aside, what a horribly written bit of drivel (the adjective 
"oppressive" apearing twice in three sentences?) I get the feeling the only track 
these cock-jockeys listened to was "Loose Cannon". And what's this about "expertly 
constructed electronic textures"? What does that even MEAN?

Fuck Rolling Stone.

Alex in NYC
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