Friday, April 01, 2005  

New Order
"Krafty" (Japanese language version)
Waiting for the Sirens' Call
(Warner Bros. Japan, 2005)

Bernard Sumner's gotten lumpy, and Waiting for the Sirens' Call is mostly paste. At least "Krafty" is great, right up there with New Order's best singles. Minus the lumpy comment, the same applies to 1993's Republic (paste) and "Regret" (one of the best). I have nothing much to say about 2001's Get Ready, but I'm sure lumpy, pasty, and another word that ends in y would come up if I did.

I feel lumpy, I'm definitely pasty, and there's no doubt that most of my best days are behind me, too.

But at least Bernard can still write a fantastic song every 12 years (me, still waiting), plus solid if unspectacular ones such as the title track, "Turn," and "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion." (Preview album here.) Plus, his Japanese is better than mine---though I imagine it's not better than anyone else's, ever. Arigato gozaimasu.

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