Matadors: Flame the Whisper

Every now and again along comes a band that's not brilliant and yet doesn't take itself so seriously that its flaws can't be forgiven. Sweden's Matadors serves as a perfect example. Here, the Queens Of The Stone Age-cum-Hellacopters-cum-the not-so-bad bar band from somewhere in west Texas rocks the eff outta pieces such as "So You Judge Me From The Volume Of My Band" and "New Wave Coke" with the kind of vigor that arena ready kids can't seem to muster no matter how large their egos, no matter how high the budgets, no matter how new their amps. Nothing here is going to set the world on fire (the band can barely write its way off a cocktail napkin) but sometimes that's kind of the point. For fans of Cheeseburger, early KISS, Lions and the like.

Track Listing
1. 21st Century Monotony Disco
2. New Wave Coke
3. The Fresh
4. The Duel
5. Ahead Of My Time
6. Down In The Dumps (Like Nobody Else
7. So You Judge Me From The Volume Of My Band
8. Tango De La Muerte
9. Like A Matador
10. The Luscious Cabaret
11. Mere A Cipher
12. Ode To L&G
13. Ditched On A Pile
14. Flame The Whisper
15. SOD's Law
16. Just Like Lucy Said

Added: May 15th 2007
Reviewer: Jedd Beaudoin
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Related Link: Devil Doll Records
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Language: english

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