Customer Reviews

Looking At My World

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There are plenty of good nerdcore groups around making some excellent music, but the high points of this album are, in my opinion, the best of nerdcore. It has low points (which is why I only marked it 4 stars instead of 5), but the high points are oh so high. Before listening to this, I would never have considered a song about Ping Pong to ever be on a constant playlist. In terms of negatives, the music can get repetitive as many of the songs sound somewhat similar. Honestly though, the highlight and focus of this album isn't the music, it's the lyrics which are imaginative and clever throughout. The tracks Ping Pong Song, Coded and United, LEDs, Obey the Moderator and Sick Day are the standouts in this manner. Wheelie ranges from anguish in a very self referential Just Forget It to laying down the law to new members of internet forums. He flips the virtual middle finger to work and discusses living as a robot 500 years in the future. It's a dizzying journey, and I'm glad Wheelie Cyberman is continuing to make music, even if it isn't with this band anymore.

First off, Optimus Rhyme is an incredible band through and through.

Relative to their self-titled album, School The Indie Rockers seems a bit more expressive on the instrumental side, and a little less expressive on the lyrical. Stumblebee and Powerthighs work very well in putting together tight rhythms and catchy melodies, even sometimes laying on a vocal harmony (in tracks such as "LEDs" and "Ergonomic"). Grimrock is given much more time to shine, as shown on the drum/vocal track "Who Me" and particularly great solo in "Ergonomic". Wheelie does his job as well as ever, leaving room only for praise. This album is probably Optimus Ryhme's most dynamic work to date.