THE RED THREAD
Ship In The Attic, Birds In the Subway (Badman)
Reviewed by Erick Mertz

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If it be your sincere belief that the Foo Fighters was an apt Phoenix from the ashes of Nirvana's hot trail through rock lore, then a band like The Red Thread and an album such as Ship In The Attic, Birds In the Subway is your cup of tea. All told, not one of the eleven songs is too terribly remarkable, nor are they all that bad. Production, instrumentation and songwriting craft are all of the paint-by-numbers variety.

The end result is a sound deliberately like radio songs - though definitely not like REM's "Radio Song," more like those mid radio band rock songs as clean and harmless as a practiced family dinner. All the places are neatly set and the three courses, familiar. Sail into the Red Thread with confidence, but prepare to be underwhelmed.

[Pick this up at http://www.badmanrecordingco.com.]

© 2005 - Erick Mertz