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“Forgiveness Rock Record” Broken social scene
Zach Asman Lantern reporter asman.14@osu.edu With its eclectic cast of characters, Toronto-based band Broken Social Scene delivers its most audacious release to date. In its fourth album, “Forgiveness Rock Record,” the band seems to continue its everchanging style. While Broken Social Scene’s debut album “Feel Good Lost” strived for ambiance, its second album “You Forgot It In the People,” was a triumph to the band’s wide array of members and sound. Come 2005 with the release of its self-titled album, the band seemed like it wasn’t sure of its identity. Now with the release of the new album “Forgiveness Rock Record,” the band seems to know its message. The album has its share of memorable songs and starts off with a powerful blast of fresh air from the opening song “World Sick.” Songs such as “Forced to Love” carry on with the high
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tempo and screeching energy that is heard in “World Sick.” The four-minute “Texico Bitches” sounds like a song plucked from “You Forgot It In People.” Perhaps one of the album’s biggest highlights is the electronically filled “All To All.” The song features one of the band’s new additions with the pleasant vocals of Lisa Lobsinger carrying the song from start to finish. So after more than a decade of bringing a new sound to each album, Broken Social Scene brings perhaps its best identity to its newest album — none. It looks like that is a good thing.
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Cleveland’s own Bone Thugs-n-Harmony returns to its original lineup after member Flesh-N-Bone’s 10-year incarceration. “Uni-5: The World’s Enemy” represents the group’s return to a quintet after Flesh’s prison time and conflict led to Bizzy Bone leaving the group. Despite the infighting between group members over the past decade, flow and harmony between individual members is the Bone Thugs’ best attribute. All of the album’s best songs incorporate R&B backing vocals into the hooks and the group tends toward jingling piano lines rather than bass-driven dance beats. Vocally, the Bone Thugs are on top of their game, particularly Bizzy Bone upon his return. Bizzy’s verse in the single “Rebirth” is the album’s best moment, highlighting his particularly quick delivery. A tiresome aspect of the
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album is the near constant self-comparisons to Jesus Christ. Three whole tracks are merely unnecessary interludes dedicated to defining what it means to be “the world’s enemy.” One such interlude uses the phrase “Christ-like” to describe “the world’s enemy,” and therefore, themselves. The rest of the album is filled with resurrection references and other biblical matters. On the whole, the album shows that Bone Thugs-nHarmony did not lose any steps during their extended parting of ways. Less metaphorical fare should make for an impressive next album.
Godsmack back with more rawk “The oracle” Godsmack
Ryan Book Arts editor book.15@osu.edu Godsmack, the headliner of this year’s Rock On The Range at Crew Stadium, just released its first album in four years, and the results are what the band’s fans were expecting. For those aficionados who were bothered by the relatively timid nature of the band’s last release, “IV,” “The Oracle” represents a relapse to the group’s meaner days of old. Without hearing a single track, listeners can pick up on the album’s attitude just by reading the opening track’s title: “Cryin’ Like a Bitch.” The song, which is also the first single, features vocalist Sully Erna bluntly putting down the song’s subject with the aforementioned line. The lyrics and themes may not be the most sophisticated, but Godsmack is just sticking to what it knows. The album has an even heavier tone than the band’s first releases, but the riffs and song structures are undeniably cut from the same mold the band has been working with for years. The album, as is the Godsmack tradition, features one track played in a tribal percussion
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style, much like the band’s most popular single “Voodoo.” The song “What If?” incorporates more electric influence than its predecessors, however. Overall, those who grew comfortable with Godsmack’s earlier tendencies will be satisfied. Those looking for something new should wait until the next album.
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