Present Company
Present Company
Review by Gary Hill
There is something to be said for the power of shorter albums. I think this is a disc that could have benefitted from the removal of a few songs. It's not that any of this music is weak, it's not. It's just that there isn't enough variety for this many songs to really have a chance to shine. I suppose you could say that a lot of people now only listen to a song at a time, but if you subscribe to that theory, why release a full album at all. Either way, this music is very retro in nature, feeling much like The Cure a lot of the time, but leaning toward other acts at others. Really, all these songs are good. It just doesn't hold up that well taken as a whole.
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