From Aiding & Abetting Uranium
235 You know that whole cold wave/industrial/metal thing that Clay People does so well? Uranium 235 is horning in on the territory. These songs are almost criminally catchy, and they're awful crunchy as well. At times, the production is a bit glitzy (the third or fourth overdub on the choruses grates at times), but it generally doesn't get in the way. And since this is a major label-distributed project, it does have to have a few commercial bones thrown into the mix. There is the tres-KMFDM feel to a song like "Stimulation," and a cover of "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)." KMFDM commercial? Yeah. When sports talk radio is using your stuff as intro music for national shows, you've backed into the mainstream. U235 is commercial, but don't let some little kiddie at the Sam Goody scare you away from this disc. That wouldn't be fair. Because these guys do this music extremely well. Clay People well? Almost, though U235 does wallow in the disco beats a bit more than thus moves itself into a slightly different category. This is simply crunchy music that's equally useful as dance music and adrenaline riding. Nothing wrong with that at all |