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It’s been a long wait for an official UK release
for a Mindless Self Indulgence full length studio
album, over the past few years the fans have been
forced to import the bands material from America,
well things have changed with the bands fourth studio
album 'If' in the fact that it actually got a UK
release which was also a whole day before it was
released in America. If you have heard the bands
album's 'Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely
Sexy' and 'You'll Rebel To Anything' then you will
know what to expect from 'If' as it is more of the
same but just sounds more clearly produced, has
a lot more melodies and is more upbeat.
Mindless Self Indulgence are well known for having
short tracks that only go past the 3 minute mark
if you are lucky, they also sing about the most
random of things with really interesting lyrics
that just need to be read. 'If' features the same
formula, there are 21 tracks and they are all
extremely fast, short tracks apart from the last
two which happen to be long remixes of their current
single 'Never Wanted To Dance'.
'Never Wanted To Dance' opens up 'If' and what
an opening it is, the bands well known guitar/synth
sound starts the song off and pretty soon after
Jimmy Urine's vocals come in with a little bit
of spoken word before the song erupts into pure
madness with Jimmy Urine screaming along, with
various synth sounds pouring out. It’s easy
to see why the band chose 'Never Wanted To Dance'
as the lead single from 'If' as it’s fast,
furious, has elements of classic Mindless Self
Indulgence and is the most radio friendly song
the band have made.
Mindless Self Indulgence get straight down to
business when it comes to their music, they stick
to having short songs so you don’t get bored,
the formula works very well on 'If' as each song
is so easy to get into and before the song starts
to get repetitive they have ended, this is something
every band should take note of as there is nothing
worse than having a really enjoyable song that
ends up boring you due to it running for to long
and getting repetitive.
There is so much fun to be had listening to 'If'
and there are so many highlights, it's really
hard to choose a favourite track due to the quality
of each and every song, you will start to love
a track and then the next listen you will end
up loving a totally different track. Some of the
main highlights from the album has to be 'Lights
Out', 'Prescription', 'On It' and 'Issues'.
'Lights Out' is the third track on the album,
it only runs for 2 minutes and 37 seconds and
it is fast and furious and very punchy from the
start, the chorus is extremely catchy with Jimmy
singing "Punch your lights out Hit the pavement
That's what I call entertainment" after a
few listens these lyrics will take over your mind
and be in your head for weeks to come.
'Prescription' is on the verge to being my favourite
track from the album but my mind seems to change
after each listen of the album. The song starts
off with Jimmy saying "doctor" through
the left speaker and then "patient"
through the right speaker before going on to sing
"I'm the doctor, I'm the patient Don't forget
that, it's important If ya love me, like I love
me Everybody will be sorry" the lyrics are
fun, Jimmy's vocals are on top form and as catchy
as ever and the whole song has such a upbeat vibe.
'On It' is quite an industrial sounding punk
dance track, it opens up with a banging drum beat
and some really fast sounding dance synths that
come and go throughout the whole song, the lyrics
are random with Jimmy singing about masturbating,
having his face on the front of magazines and
many other random subjects. The song just breaks
into the 3-minute territory running at 3 minutes
and 1 second.
'Issues' is a song about having sex with people,
once again the lyrics are straight to the point
with Jimmy singing "I'd rather fuck you than
kiss you" and "It's 3 a.m. - she won't
put out Lets go make out with her friends Make
out with her friends' friends" and then he
boasts about being amazing in the sack with lyrics
of "I'm so amazing in the sack Yes, I'm so
amazing in the sack". You have to love the
randomness of Mindless Self Indulgence, they are
a band who don’t give a fuck what they say
or do, and who they upset, they create songs some
people may find offensive but others will find
funny and that is one of the reasons there is
so much buzz around Mindless Self Indulgence at
the moment.
At the moment Mindless Self Indulgence are one
of the most hyped up bands, some people will claim
it’s because they supported My Chemical
Romance and because their bass player Lyn-Z is
married to My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard
Way, granted supporting a band of such a high
caliber is going to be good for any band, but
if you don’t have the goods and don’t
deliver the goods then supporting a band of such
a high caliber is not going to do you any good,
Mindless Self Indulgence do have the goods, they
sound good on cd but are best experienced live,
their live shows are huge, they sound exactly
as they do on cd live but the overall live experience
is very enjoyable and unpredictable with no two
shows being the same.
'If' is a masterpiece and an album that Mindless
Self Indulgence should be proud of, the band have
taken punk into the 20th century and are taking
their music into the mainstream, it’s a
big step for them, but it’s something they
deserve and will go on to conquer, there will
be no escaping MSI in the near future.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Little Jimmy Urine (Vocals)
Steve, Righ? (Guitar)
Lyn Z (Bass)
Kitty (Drums) |
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1. Never Wanted To Dance
2. Evening Wear
3. Lights Out
4. Prescription
5. Issues
6. Get It Up
7. Revenge
8. Animal
9. Mastermind
10. On It
11. Pay For It
12. Due
13. Money
14. Bomb This Track
15. Mark David Chapman
16. Uncle (Bonus)
17. 3s (Bonus)
18. Electro Hurtz Mix By Combichrist (Bonus Remix)
19. The Birthday Massacre Remix W/ Guest Vocals
By Chibi (Bonus Remix)
20. Tommie Sunshine [Tsmv] Remix (Bonus Remix)
21. Spider Mix (Bonus Remix) |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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