...And Star Power
14 October 2014
Jagjaguwar
2
stars out of 5
Listening
to ...And Star
Power,
the new double LP by Foxygen, is, to be perfectly frank, 82 minutes
of pure agony. This record is a total mess. And it's not even an
endearing, clever mess, like Ween's The
Pod.
No, this is the kind of mess that makes Dylan's Self
Portrait
seem like a well-conceived piece of high art. Being forced to listen to
...And Star Power
in its entirety in one sitting is somewhat akin to cutting up your
entire body with razor blades and then lying naked on an ant hill.
But without the pleasures often associated with being naked outdoors.
I've listened to this fucking thing twice and I'm ready to kill
someone.
The
performances on this record are about as amateurish as you could
imagine. As far as drugged-out psychedelic garage bands go, Foxygen
can't hold a candle to your average high school stoners jamming in
the band room after school. When an otherwise decent band turns out
crap, they often limit it to a 7”, or at the very most a 10” EP.
To extend the crap to a double LP like this shows not only an
incredible lack of judgement, but a pair of egos on overdrive. Never
mind the Kickstarter campaign to prevent Nickelback from playing in
London, we need a campaign to prevent Foxygen from ever getting near
recording equipment again. Please guys, stop.
reviewed
by Richard Krueger
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