After an amazing debut, and a equally good follow up, Gomex deserved a break. But not to dissapoint their fans, they left with a 5-track e.p. that has me begging for more. If we listen to the title track, it's clear that their music is evolving, but is still traditional 'Gomez'. The next track ... Read review
Advantages: Pure Gomez Disadvantages: Not enough of them
After an amazing debut, and a equally good follow up, Gomex deserved a break. But not to dissapoint their fans, they left with a 5-track e.p. that has me begging for more. If we listen to the title track, it's clear that their music is evolving, but is still traditional 'Gomez'. The next track of note is 'Touchin' Up', a fantastic mellow song that delivers both Ian and Ben's different but soulful voices. Tom gets his show with 'Wasted', in which ... ...final track 'The Dajon song', (I presume a tribute to the talented percussionist) Ian croons 'I'm not as Dajon as you', which makes no sense to me, but I'm sure he knows. To cut to the chase, this is a brilliant taster of where Gomez are going, and I look forward to seeing them this summer. It's going to me quite a long time now before the next release, but at least we've got three superb albums to keep us going.
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After an amazing debut, and a equally good follow up, Gomex deserved a break. But not to dissapoint their fans, they left with a 5-track e.p. that has me begging for more. If we listen to the title track, it's clear that their music is evolving, but is still traditional 'Gomez'. The next track of note is 'Touchin' Up', a fantastic mellow song that delivers both Ian and Ben's different but soulful voices. Tom gets his show with 'Wasted', in which he demonstrates his own unique and powerful vocal range. The final track 'The Dajon song', (I presume a tribute to the talented percussionist) Ian croons 'I'm not as Dajon as you', which makes no sense to me, but I'm sure he knows. To cut to the chase, this is a brilliant taster of where Gomez are going, and I look forward to seeing them this summer. It's going to me quite a long time now before the next release, but at least we've got three superb albums to keep us going.
...have discovered samples. Machismo is the first in a series of EPs to be released by the band as a follow up to their Mercury Prize winning debut album, Bring It On and their second album, Liquid Skin. The classic Gomez sound is still there to be heard on Machismo, including catchy acoustic guitar riffs and unmistakable vocals, but they have also introduced samples and have experimented with some new sounds. The results are good and they prove that ...
Reinhold-Messner 30.07.2000
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Advantages: Waster, a bit more experimental Disadvantages: The repetitive Dajon Song, not as good as previous releases
...trend, but my views on Machismo might differ from other Gomez fans. The CD itself is a 5 track EP, which was released after Liquid Skin but before the Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline collection. Owing to the fact its an EP it allowed the band to experiment a bit more, using samplers and drum machines obviously on this release.
The result, I find is a bit patchy. The song Machismo is nice enough, but the lyrics are a bit confusing ("He don't do ... ...little dull. Touchin' Up begins in the same trend, but thankfully recovers and becomes a lot more inspiring, and the snappy Waster that follows is probably my highlight of the EP. The final track - The Dajon Song - is 13 minutes song and I have to say its certainly a few minutes longer than it should be. I don't dislike the track, but its sheer repetitiveness doesn't make it a great song.
Overall, I think this wasn't a great release from the band ...
Pleb 03.08.2001
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