BURN WITCH BURN
RAZLER RECORDS INC
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Boy, this is a great example of what happens when you get a bunch of extremely talented musicians together and then don't bother writing decent music for them to follow. There's no doubt that the music here is technically proficient-the violin and mandolin players on this are exceptional-yet the music barely lists itself past sounding like something punk rock leprechauns might listen to. The punk rock mention is unavoidable, simply because this is Rodney Anonymous of Dead Milkmen fame's newest project, and he doesn't sound much different on the vocals here than he did in his former band. I'm getting from the inside sleeve here that this is supposed to be a concept record about the witch-burning history of Philadelphia, but it's not something that's immediately obvious when you just sit back and listen to the record. I think there's hope for this band, though-if they just relax a bit and stop trying to sound so clever and grownup.

© 2001 - Holly Day