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I want almost everything!, September 26, 2008
While I don't understand why this cd is so expensive... The Mae Shi are definitely a brilliant band. Their music is distinctly them and all of it worth a listen. However, on this cd in particular - It's worth the buy if only to listen to the song "I Get (Almost) Everything I Want".
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Is this The Mae Shi?, December 22, 2010
This review is from: Hlllyh (Audio CD)
I love The Mae Shi's previous records (Terrorbird, Do Not Ignore the Potential [split with RTH] and Heartbeeps). These are all 4 to 5 star records, easily.
HLLLYH is garbage.
I fired this up for the first time last night. It starts off on the right foot, I started to feel it a bit on the opening track. But then the vocals kick in. The vocals are so bad I was immediately embarrassed to be listening to it and I turned the volume down real quick hoping my girlfriend wouldn't hear it from the other room. I only know The Mae Shi through Amazon. I've never heard of them outside of Amazon. It showed up as a recommendation one day, so I gave it a try and loved all of it until this record. Something major changed between the first 3 records and this one. Since I don't know anything about the band, I have no idea what that could be. Whatever it is, it has completely destroyed the Mae Shi formula.
The vocals on this album are like a mix of Blink 182 (gag!) and The Offspring (gag!).
This record draws a very bold and distinct line between itself and the previous 3 records. I can't imagine fans of the older stuff enjoying this.
...but I suppose it would work both ways...I couldn't imagine fans of this record enjoying the older stuff.
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