Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (02/12/87)
Really-From: Paul Kirsch<seismo!sjuvax!kirsch> First of all, the new Stranglers Lp can be summed up in one word: ummmm. What I mean by that is that it's a *good* album but not as good as their other Lp's. It has their new sound (like Aural Sculpture) but the songs aren't that great. To me, the whole album is like an assemblage (sp?) of outtakes from Aural Sculpture. I'm just hoping someday they'll get back to their early obnoxious sound. The Johnsons are a band out of Philly that just released their first album called "Break Tomorrow's Day" (I think). I'm not a big fan of theirs but I'm not really a big fan of any of the jangly American guitar bands that are out at the moment (of which the Johnson's fit into). They remind me sort of of REM with Marty Balin from the Jefferson Airplane singing if that helps at all. All of my friends who worship that jangly guitar style think the album is God too. Wow, I read love-hounds today and only 5 Kate Bush messages-- let's see if we can cut it down to 2 next time... -Paul Kirsch St. Joe's Univ Phila, PA Home of 90% of former state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer