Customer Reviews

Do What You Want

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Garageland's follow-up to 'Last Exit To Garageland' isn't quite the fizzy caffeine rush their debut was, but make no mistake: this is great stuff.

Songs with more hooks than a tackle box, great playing, great, emotive singing--this is aural one-stop shopping.

By virtue of it's tidied-up, more muscular production and more streamlined songs, 'Do What You Want' seems a bit of a calculated attempt to penetrate radio's hermetically-sealed playlists--albeit a very worthy one. Very little would sound better on the drive home than "Love Song".

I'd recommend this (and their even-better debut) to anyone in love with concise, three minute symphonies punctuated with wonderfully direct guitar playing. All ooze the inimitable, understated charm of New Zealand pop.

Garageland is a treasure.

I'll make this short and sweet: I love this album. I love their first album. BUT, their new album "SCORPIO RISING" (Amazon--add an entry!) is an absolute masterpiece---Jeremy Eade is one turning into one heck of a songwriter. There are 3 A-1 songs that should be major US hits: "Gone", "Who The Hell Do You Think You Are", and "Highway", accented by a fistful of great rock tracks. As a US DJ, those tunes are already on my personal playlist. A digitally recorded album, it's an absolute MUST for any rock music lover. Anyone who is a fan, pick up the import (via NotLame) or wait for the late Sept release on Foodchain.

This is Garageland, a punk(ish) band from New Zealand. They mix every cool sound possible in these awesome and mindboggling tracks. I know they aren't popular here in the US yet, but just wait. I'm sure this band will break through sooner than later.

This New Zealand band is a hidden gem. Some great songs on here and some
good variety too. Some tracks are swirling new wave-type songs, while
others are finely crafted pop/rock songs. There is some substance beneath the fun too. No pretensions. Their first album takes some getting used to, but may actually be better, while their subsequent
release "Scorpio.." is a move in the wrong direction, but still worthy of
3 stars (4 with the bonus disc). I am killing myself for not seeing them
when they came to Chicago a few yrs ago - as it appears they are now
broken up... Here's hoping Jeremy Eade resurfaces as he is too talented
not to be making music.

This is a really dynamic, consistently exciting album from this New Zealand band.

I never heard garageland before until I heard their one song "Get Even" which was a song my friend downloaded and let me listen too. I heard the song once and never heard anything from them again for almost a year. It drove me crazy as I couldnt' find it in any record stores and no one I knew even heard the band before. I saw it on Amazon.com and decided to buy it. I was completely blown away after listening to the album that I listened to it again. It's such a great masterpiece from "Love Song" to "End of the Night." I am very surprised that hardly anyone has heard this band before. The cd always puts me in a good mood and definitely can change my day once I listen to it. Garageland deserves all the credit in the world for putting together a feel-good album. If you want good music, check this album out and do what the title says: DO WHAT YOU WANT!

Great cd. It gets better every time I listen to it. I also highly recomend their first cd.