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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0036172095421
Format: Enhanced
Label: Touch & Go Records
Manufacturer: Touch & Go Records
MPN: 954
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Touch & Go Records
Release Date: March 09, 2004
Studio: Touch & Go Records
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Editorial Review:
TVOTR is a highly original group from Brooklyn, NY characterized by vocals that range from crazily high-pitched to group chanting and a pop-based sound that's rampantly experimental but always melodic. Unlike their school-of-'78-in-'04 peers such as the Rapture and Interpol, TVOTR's music is as rooted in blues, free jazz and gospel as it is the post-punk canon or contemporary electronic music. This makes Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes far more interesting, naturally; the purely vocal "Ambulance" is novel and exciting as anything by Björk, Spongehead Experience or Pere Ubu. With lyrics that impressively, and un-preachingly, tackle issues of race and war, this finalist for 2004's Shortlist Competition easily ranks among the best albums of that year. --Mike McGonigal
Pop, rock, and art songs about discordant living, misrepresentation, life, afterlife, love, and love "after hours". Scandalous. Undeniably catchy songs with incredible production, arrangements, champion crooning, and a host of extras. "They sound like Pere Ubu meets Belfegore meets The Tar Babies meets a way less chilly Notwist with a smidge of Metric thrown in"--Jane.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great!
I got this CD after Return to Cookie Mountain. At first I thought I liked Cookie Mountain better, but now I listen to this one more. It's great.
Rating:  - Oh! the album this could've been
First off, let me say how much I appreciate the ingenuity in this album. The Wrong Way is almost flawless. An announcing horn section leads you through the intro to this album. It's the only song on the album to which I would give the vaunted five stars. Staring at the Sun is the next song and the first song which displays the problems with this album as I see it. The beats don't go anywhere as adventurous as the introductions. In each song there is such an intriguing introduction. We enter ... Read More
Rating: - as a sophomore release, it's damn good
it's very rare that any band as celebrated as this one survives their own press to make a truly great 2nd album. TV on the Radio has a fascinating arc ahead of them, since they don't fit into any real genre. they're not indie rock, they're not emo, and they're only vaguely post-punk. but they swoop through experimental fun in a manner that's reminiscent of Bowie, synthesizing genres until you're not sure what you're listening to. for me, that's part of the fun: trying to get into each song with ... Read More
Rating:  - Lack the skills to pay the bills.
OK, I get it, they're not SUPPOSED to be a straight up rock 'n roll band and as such I should probably ignore the fact that they rock about as hard as...oh, I don't know...Coldplay. Fine. That's forgiven.
But the rock is not the only thing that's missing from these lads. Try as hard as you may and if you can find one shred of genuine fire and passion in the music you've either looked a lot harder than I have or you have a lower set of expectations. I'll bet every last dollar in my pocket ... Read More
Rating: - Unique.
Well, being an all-black indie rock band, TV on the Radio are already pretty unique in the genre. However, it doesn't stop there. These guys have a really cool, interesting, original sound. Take the Pixies, and throw in elements of soul, techno, 50s doo-wop, and many other things, and you have some idea.
Plenty of surprises and diversity from track to track, from the Motown-ish "The Wrong Way", to the dark, fuzzy distortion of "Staring at the Sun", to the all-acapella "Ambulance", to the insanely ... Read More
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