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April 03, 2008
Little America And So Can You!
Last night, R.E.M. put together an altogether impressive performance on the Comedy Central linchpin The Colbert Report.
I've heard nothing but positive reviews for their latest album, Accelerate. Still, I've got the sneaking feeling that it's just a bunch of long-time R.E.M. fans that are sick of saying bad things about one of their favorites.
So far, I've only heard the first single, "Supernatural Superserious". It's certainly embodies the "return to rock" aesthetic that has been floated around, which is a nice change from the "boring Beach Boys" feel of the last two albums. Thankfully, unlike on Monster (R.E.M.'s other "return to rock"), it doesn't seem like Peter Buck has thrown away his bread-and-butter "jangly" guitar for Accelerate.
Interview:
I was really hoping that Colbert would take the "comeback" angle further and call out R.E.M. for their last two (or three) sub-par albums.
R.E.M. - "Supernatural Superserious"
It took me about sixteen years to figure this out, but Mike Mills might be my favorite male back-up singer.
Posted by Randall Monty at April 3, 2008 10:08 PM
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