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I get all the husband/wife stuff to review. Some of it is just fun pop songs, like Imperial Teen. The whistling in “Crazy Crazy Insane” gets the album off to a good start. “Under Control” has the music one would expect from Peaches, but the lyrics are nowhere near as racy, and of course the vocals are male-dominated. Who says marriage is harmless? “Big Adventures” has the female vocals (but slightly offkey), and it adds up to something tangible. The percussion is trapped in 1990, but I like that. It delivers what it promises.
In other places, the focus wanders, and the album’s spirit trespasses all over the place. “Camera On” tries that Ting Tings thing that everyone is doing these days. Unfortunately, it comes off as a Human League type of song. I am not convinced that they would see this as a good thing, and this lack of passion leaves much to be desired here.
The rest of the album reminds me of Mad Happy with the bullshit slip-hop, bad rapping and misused beats. Who are they fooling? And it’s almost like they mock themselves naming a song “Cubic Zirconia.” That’s exactly what they are.

Posted by Joel Edelman on August 9, 2009 at 5:40 pm
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