Milky Wimpshake Lovers, Not Fighters
Format: CD.
Also available as: 12" vinyl.
Label: Troubleman.
TK Mailorder Reference ID: M135577
Approximate release date: April 2, 2002.
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Track listing:
1. "Scrabble"
2. "Philosophical Boxing Gloves"
3. "Dialling Tone"
4. "Do What I Have To"
5. "Second Generation Middle-Class Dropout"
6. "White Liberal Guilt"
7. "Newport"
8. "Didn't We?"
9. "Lemonade"
10. "Jack Ass"
11. "Bourgeois Blues '99"
12. "Too Much, Too Drunk"
13. "Etymology"
14. "Lovers Not Fighters"
15. "Untitled"
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Twee Kitten review of Lovers, Not Fighters
by Keith Mclachlan
Why is it that there are never any bands that record pop polemics which proceed from the right side of the political spectrum? Holiday were famous for their libertarianism but seemed content enough to sing about insubstantial fluff and I don't think Bruce Willis' escapades in pop music count as political discourse. I've no answers but we all know there is no shortage of idiotic diatribes from the left (see International Noise Conspiracy). Granted as left leaning troubadours Milky Wimpshake really has only had one drole moment in their sloganeering/posturing and that was when they memorialized Naom Chomsky in song, now that guy has never found a dictator whose murderous policies he couldn't justify or excuse as right-wing propaganda, the fact that the Ramones (with an alleged republican on lead guitar) had to be dragged into the Choamsky mud by way of sharing a song narrative is somewhat unfortunate. On then to the 2nd record of Wimpshaking tunes and yes there is still a political bent well tilted towards the left but that doesn't really bother me, even if it might be nice to see Pete write a song about the idiocy of the Kyoto accord though. The tunes aren't political first and pop second, nope, Mr. Pete W has an arsenal of hooks that likely even outnumbers the number of katyusha rockets that hezbollah has poised to lob into northern Israel and so the fact that your butt is grooving to some simplistic jive about class struggle is no worries no cares because the next song is just as likely to be about scrabble or stalking someone on the phone. The songs this time around aren't all out sprints to the finish line either, I can't imagine they improved because of a world tour honing their musical chops but the band is more dynamic (horrid review cliche!), the songs are fuller and the inspiration is more diverse (a few dreadful attempts at Pete Seeger meets the Muppets folk-pop are easily overlooked) and the lyrics are of course extraordinary making the political personal and the personal seem universal. Apparently this was recorded as much as three years ago, who knows why it took so long to come out. The only band on Troubleman Unlimited that I would touch with a 37 foot pole have gone and made another fantastic record, maybe that mythical world tour is in the offing too to that we here in Denver can get a close up glance of Pete's dreamy psycho-killer eyes.
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Format: CD.
Also available as: 12" vinyl.
Label: Troubleman.
TK Mailorder Reference ID: M135577
Approximate release date: April 2, 2002.
Genres:
Price: $10.28 [Out of Stock]
List price:
1 unit in cart. Remove from cart.
Track listing:
1. "Scrabble"
2. "Philosophical Boxing Gloves"
3. "Dialling Tone"
4. "Do What I Have To"
5. "Second Generation Middle-Class Dropout"
6. "White Liberal Guilt"
7. "Newport"
8. "Didn't We?"
9. "Lemonade"
10. "Jack Ass"
11. "Bourgeois Blues '99"
12. "Too Much, Too Drunk"
13. "Etymology"
14. "Lovers Not Fighters"
15. "Untitled"
listen to all tracks as .m3u playlist
Twee Kitten review of Lovers, Not Fighters
by Keith Mclachlan
Why is it that there are never any bands that record pop polemics which proceed from the right side of the political spectrum? Holiday were famous for their libertarianism but seemed content enough to sing about insubstantial fluff and I don't think Bruce Willis' escapades in pop music count as political discourse. I've no answers but we all know there is no shortage of idiotic diatribes from the left (see International Noise Conspiracy). Granted as left leaning troubadours Milky Wimpshake really has only had one drole moment in their sloganeering/posturing and that was when they memorialized Naom Chomsky in song, now that guy has never found a dictator whose murderous policies he couldn't justify or excuse as right-wing propaganda, the fact that the Ramones (with an alleged republican on lead guitar) had to be dragged into the Choamsky mud by way of sharing a song narrative is somewhat unfortunate. On then to the 2nd record of Wimpshaking tunes and yes there is still a political bent well tilted towards the left but that doesn't really bother me, even if it might be nice to see Pete write a song about the idiocy of the Kyoto accord though. The tunes aren't political first and pop second, nope, Mr. Pete W has an arsenal of hooks that likely even outnumbers the number of katyusha rockets that hezbollah has poised to lob into northern Israel and so the fact that your butt is grooving to some simplistic jive about class struggle is no worries no cares because the next song is just as likely to be about scrabble or stalking someone on the phone. The songs this time around aren't all out sprints to the finish line either, I can't imagine they improved because of a world tour honing their musical chops but the band is more dynamic (horrid review cliche!), the songs are fuller and the inspiration is more diverse (a few dreadful attempts at Pete Seeger meets the Muppets folk-pop are easily overlooked) and the lyrics are of course extraordinary making the political personal and the personal seem universal. Apparently this was recorded as much as three years ago, who knows why it took so long to come out. The only band on Troubleman Unlimited that I would touch with a 37 foot pole have gone and made another fantastic record, maybe that mythical world tour is in the offing too to that we here in Denver can get a close up glance of Pete's dreamy psycho-killer eyes.
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