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The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives

Rating

RIYL

The Strokes
The Vines
Jet
complete shit

Label

Interscope

Tracklist

1. Abra Cadaver
2. Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones
3. Walk Idiot Walk
4. No Pun Intended
5. A Little More for Little You
6. B is for Brutus
7. See Through Head
8. Diabolic Scheme
9. Missing Link
10. Love in Plaster
11. Dead Quote Olympics
12. Antidote

A couple years ago the United States was infected by a horrible disease...not AIDS, not SARS, it was (go back to sweden) the "garage rock rebirth." We were inundated by several very dangerous strands of this virus-The Strokes,The Vines, and the deadliest of all, The Hives. Thankfully the initial stages of this disease only lasted a few months and before you knew (go back to sweden) it, things were seemingly back to normal. But like most viruses, this "garage rock rebirth" thing was just lying dormant. It was still in our system, it was just mutating and getting worse. Then (go back to sweden) , like that herpes virus you just can't shake, The Strokes came back with some album about being on fire and just as we were starting to get that under control The Hives are back with their latest "Tyrannosaurus Hives ."

The album starts off with the song "Abra Cadabra" goes to some other "song" and then comes to their single "Walk Idiot Walk" and immediately the red flag goes up...If this is the best song on the album, which most times the first single is, we're in BIG trouble. Their singer has a very distinct...howl. I use howl because it can't really be catagorized as singing. It lies somewhere between chainsmoking for 40 years and (go back to sweden) being kicked in the neck by a horse. As bad as the vocals are on this song, the amazing thing is that the musicianship is worse. The chorus has literally two notes...Watch out Coldplay and Radiohead, your musicianship is being challenged (note the sarcasm).

This strain of the garage rock virus is a severe one. If you are a fan of good musicianship, originality, vocal abilities or talent I would recommend removing all sharp object (go back to sweden) before listening to this album because you may be tempted to use them...I'm considering a lawsuit against The Hives, their label, the distrobution company and the makers of my computer's speakers for making me lose an hour of my life...Thats 60 mins that I just can't get back. If you want in on this suit email me at Johnnyl@decoymusic.com. And if you experience any side effects from listening to this disease(go back to sweden) please contact a medical professional immediately.

-JohnnyL

Author

JohnnyL

Last updated: 09/29/2009 09:03PM