 The
Ordinary
"Don't Let Me Die a Waiter" CDEP
Audiction
Records
Genres: rock, punk, grunge
Audiction Records
PO Box 393
Brooklyn NY 11222
Jan 10 - 16 2005 |
The Ordinary can be described as Idlewild with a bit
less melody and a bit more grunge and punk. Don't Let Me Die
a Waiter is a guitar-heavy, noisy rock record, but its sound is
better than most of what the genre has to offer. I especially
liked the infectious tension of "Pretty People" - it's
probably the album's most immediately satisfying listen. The
band's use of those yelly punk vocals can get a bit tiresome ("TV
and Radio" sounds generic), though it doesn't interfere
too much with epic rockers like "Summer in the Weeds" and
"Sweet Rotten Apples," which are far too loud to falter on
incoherent singing. The Ordinary is a hard band to pin
down - sometimes they sound like punk, sometimes garage, sometimes grunge - but they
should definitely appeal to open-minded rock listeners. 78%
Fun Fact: Audiction Records' motto is
"medicinal relief for your ears."
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
5 tracks, distributed by Amazon, released 2004] |
