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Not loveless, but not love-full, either.
2007 October 17
I thought Darla Records wasn’t going to release Loveless by Japancakes until 13th November, but both iTunes and emusic.com listed the album as released 9th October. Also? I’m a little upset that no one at iTunes bothered to check the spelling of track listings was correct: “To Here Knows When”, not “To Hear Knows When”. SHADY. But did this stop me from downloading all 11 tracks in less time than it took to write this entry? Answer: duh.
I wanted to love this album, I really did, but a lot of the tracks fall short of the genius that is Loveless by my favorite band in the whole world (EVAR) My Bloody Valentine. I can listen to the redux of “Only Shallow” and “Soon” all the day long, but the remaining nine tracks don’t have quite the same intensity and enthusiasm. If at all. What was done to “Sometimes” comes across like a MIDI file from teh internets circa 1997. Which is especially sad since I love “I Only Said” and “Blown A Wish” so very very much.
&stars; <- did that work? No? Crap. Okay, pretend you see five empty stars next to one another, and only three of them are filled solid. This album has only 60% of my love—100% goes to MBV and, of course, Crystal Waters.