20 July 2007

Straw - Shoplifting












I just think that this was one of the best albums of the 90's and I think that you all should download this.

1. Dracula Has Risen From The Grave
2. Weird Superman
3. Aeroplane Song
4. Moving To California
5. Shoplifting
6. Kill Your Boyfriend
7. Anthem For The Low In Self Esteem
8. United States Of Amnesia
9. Postcards From Hell
10. Soundtrack Of The Summer
11. Wake Up (Miss Venezuala)
12. We Don't Belong

The debut album from these young major label signings offers keyboard-driven power pop that delves back in time to incorporate vibes from the Beatles and Small Faces. When it works it's great, especially on "Weird Superman" which swaggers along with a great hook. "United States Of Amnesia" soars high with clever lyrical play, while "We Don't Belong" closes the record with incredible energy. Straw offer refreshingly coy yet largely unpretentious songs that come over particularly well after they've been seen live, yet the quartet sometimes try to be doing too much at times. The sickeningly jaunty "Aeroplane Song" is something you'd expect from latterday Space and there's too much similar gimmickry elsewhere.

Download here: Shoplifting

2 comments:

x.- said...

Hey, man... Do you think you could upload Straw's Shoplifting again, please? I have been told countless times that it is a masterpiece, but I have never been able to listen to it all the way through.

sorrythankyou

cybernaut667 said...

yeah, a re-up would be excellent