Don't Buy This Album

"Years in the making, PEEPING TOM, noise rock renaissance man Mike Patton's most accessible work since his days in Faith No More, is finally a reality. The 11-track opus, featuring a lengthy and incongruous cast of guest performers, is set for a May 30 release on Patton's own Ipecac Recordings label."

Did you read that? YEARS IN THE MAKING. and still it SUCKS.

I stood at SoundScapes on Sunday, looking at the new releases, excited by the idea of buying a new CD (new CD day is my fave...okay, next to stay in bed and have sex all day day...). Ladytron was in my hand. I almost bought Ladytron and no, put it down, 'cause there, top corner, was Peeping Tom, the album I had been hearing abut, with all the awesome collaberations. So I bought it, excited to see what years of hard work and great guest appearances could pump out. Out it on in th truck. That was four days ago and I have yet to find one single track that I want to hear again (and I've really tried....).

I mean how can you fuck this up? You have eleven songs ALL of which have a guest appearances by some half decent-to-excellent artists. And NONE of them are any good. First problem, they all have Mike Patton from Faith No More singing. So every song has his whiney 80s rock voice in front. And what the hell kind of music is it? I mean it goes from death metal to...to what? Weird alt-lounge? Rap? Crap? And the lyrics! Oh man don't get me started...

The only good thing I can say about this is the innovative CD cover (you pull one side, the CD pops out the other). And that's it. That's the only thing (some would argue that the oppurtunity to hear Norah Jones say Mother fucker is also a good thing, but since all the music sucks, any content gets vetoed).

Some guy posted that "The whole album sounds very...1995. In a bad way.". He's got it nailed. It does. It sucks. Don't buy this album. Buy Ladytron instead.