Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars Review From Heat (4 out of 5 stars)
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Heat
by Olivia Cooke
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In a nutshell: The Dandy Warhols return with their
fifth album, but what can we expect from this
experimental four-piece? Another synth odyssey like
2003’s Welcome To The Monkey House, or will they move
in a new direction?
What’s it like? Good news for those who weren’t really
loving Monkey House, this new album is a return to
more familiar territory. But this being The Dandies,
they embrace some pretty eclectic sounds everything
from country and western and psychedelia, to bluesy
rock and synth-pop. And it’s not unusual for them to
combine all these influences in the same song.
How many good tracks? Ten, out of 12.
Best track: All The Money Or The Simple Life Honey is
classic Dandies.
Worst track: The spaced-out I Need A Loan we
actually thought the CD player had gone crazy and was
playing the disc backwards.
Verdict: In theory, the Dandies’ mash-up of crazy
sounds and different musical influences shouldn’t
really work, but somehow they manage to pull it off to
great effect.
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