Tea Time

GENRE:   alternative rock This type of genre tends to draw a blank for me. Aside from the more popular bands (e.g. The Cure and the Smiths), I haven't really taken the dive to find more. Without a doubt, their songs are great; I wonder if it's universal. Anyway, here we are with a new exposure, at least to me. You get the uplifting drums and bluesy guitar riffs, with a dual paradigm going on with both a distorted guitar and a cleaner guitar. The singing style seems to skew into that certain style that's famous for the time. The style echoes the bands I mentioned previously, but there doesn't seem to be the energy or same emotional depth in the performance that grabs me like the others do. The singer's vocal performance almost verges on sounding lazy and exasperated. This may have sounded better if I grew up in the time, but it definitely seems B-tier material in context of the other titans in the genre. That, or this just isn't really my genre. Rating: 5/...

genre: new wave drink: water If this isn't one of the most 80's songs ever, I don't know what I'd do. The tangy, funky guitar, the bombastic drum beat, the synth, and Daryl Hall for that matter, sum up to make this song an 80's hit.  It's so cheesy how stereotypical it sounds, and I'm a sucker for these kinds of songs. It's almost hilarious how accurate and closely it personifies the sounds of the decade. If the song was a bit more uptempo, I can totally see this as the de facto 80's representative. But alas, there are better options if you're looking for something like that. Rating: 5/10