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CD REVIEW: 'Action Action' not ready for action
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University Wire
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December 3, 2004
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- Lindsay Holmwood
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Lindsay Holmwood
University Wire
12-03-2004
(The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The first track of Action Action's debut album "Don't Cut Your Fabric to this Year's Fashion" is so intensely irritating listeners might want to rip their headphones off. However, those brave enough to plow through the remaining 12 tracks may be rewarded with some diamonds in the rough.
This New York quartet creates a bold and bizarre fusion of alternative guitar riffs with synthesizers reminiscent of the '80's new wave genre. Though they make this odd concoction work on several songs, the rest of the album seems to be filler, and does not mesh particularly well with its successful efforts.
As a whole, this ...
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