Don't Be An Asshole, Dustin
July 2006 / PHCR16MP3
A year in the making, on and off (mostly off, it has to be said).
There isn't really a unifying theme or sound, just some tunes in a vacuum. The problem when you make music for yourself is that no one else has a clue what you're on about...
Reviews were fairly thin on the ground because, again, I was too lazy to send anyone a copy of it - although it did get some airplay on internet radio station Dandelion Radio.
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- Don't Be An Asshole, Dustin
- Librarians
- Mourning Sickness
- Somewhere Near Preston
- One Way Traffic
- Bunker Buster
- VHF On BASF
- Heart Made Of Stone
- Mouseclick Mountain
- Neither Of Us Like Bowling
- I'm Gary
- Sun On My Back
Quotes
"[W]hat's on offer is a collection of brilliantly crafted and deliciously cynical songs. Anyone that's been in a band that doesn't recognise Somewhere Near Preston, needs to rethink the bands they're in. Librarians on the strange allure of defining yourself as a geek, cos it's cool. Mouseclick Mountain will be mandatory as a ringtone come the revolution - it gets into your head that much. Neither Of Us Like Bowling just makes me want to re-evaluate everything.
OK, in places the wilful misanthropy backfires. But, also if gems such as I'm Gary don't make you wanna dance like a loon, you don't know how to.
I'm sure it's not the intended effect, but this pisses from a great height on the recent 'return to form' from the Pet Shop Boys."
[Is This Music? zine]