Barenaked Ladies-Barenaked Ladies Are Me

I haven't heard many Barenaked Ladies tunes in my time upon this planet, but I must confess I do own Stunt. They always had a way with rhythm and words that I really enjoyed. I didn't listen for their slower deeper tunes, I like the tunes with pep. The tunes with vim. Vigor, even!
It's now a few years down the road, and the guys have had some time to mature. With families and life in general throwing itself at them headlong, they've hit the studio with some more introspective thoughts, and less of a desire to come up with snappy patter and grooves.
BL are me is a pretty good disc overall. I almost wanted to call it sickeningly sweet, but it really isn't. Yes, the songs have a nice gentle groove to them. Yes, the songs are about aspects of life we deal with as we get older. No, they're normally not my type of songs, but somehow BL make them more palatable for a guy like me.
The sound is the same, but the groove is definitely different.
I must admit I was very happy to see a new disc out. I was a little saddened as I often am when a band matures and tries a different path, but my little heart gave an extra pitter pat as I played the disc. I was pleasantly surprised.
Somehow, this got a B- from me. I can only imagine it was because there weren't really any standout tracks on an otherwise solid disc. Dig?


In other news, I hope to provide an occasional link to song samples and downloads depending on the disc I am reviewing. Stay tuned for more details!

And an even more shocking development has found me falling in love with The White Stripes! I remember it now... watching the Simpsons and seeing their parody of The Hardest Button to Button. It did it for me!