FURNACEFACE
And The Days Are Short Again... (Upright)
Reviewed by John Sekerka

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The familiar weight gain obsession is resurrected in the charmy smarmy "I'm Getting Fat", and it's like Furnaceface never left. It's been a while, but everything's alright again, cuz the Capital boys have endowed us with another swank platter of hoe-down hoser tunes. A warm mix of folky ballads, sharp metal edged raps and all out rawkin' roll, blessed with a passion and humour that remains the face's main forté. A trippy dubscape venture called "23:59" with a plush girlie vocal sees yet another new, albeit most welcome addition to the repertoire. Add the big beat bass heavy, cowpunk rockabilly barnburner "Lucky #7" to the group's formidable list of memorable classics, and the album is a solid whole. This is the goods, and well worth the wait.

© 2000 - John Sekerka