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New York rock also-rans can't overcome retro groupthink
the new york rock revival is running its course, which leaves the tepid Walkmen in a tough spot. Their 2002 debut marked them as the most scattered band of their garage-rock class, and Bows and Arrows does precious little to change that perception. With his gasping vocals serving up warmed-over pleas, Hamilton Leithauser aches but never sounds like he's really hurting; even "Hang On Siobhan," which starts languorous and pretty, never takes firm root. "The Rat" and "Thinking of a Dream I Had" both open with muscular guitar work -- the former redolent of the Cure, the latter dipping into garage -- but peter out by the time Leithauser manages to work up a full head of indignation. Most retro bands don't improve upon their forebears, but they're not all this lethargic, either.
JON CARAMANICA
(RS 942, February 19, 2004)
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Track List
- What's In It For Me
- The Rat
- No Christmas While I'm Talking
- Little House Of Savages
- My Old Man
- 138th St.
- The North Pole
- Hang On Siobhan
- New Years Eve
- Thinking Of A Dream I Had
- Bows And Arrows
- Clementine
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C'mon C'mon (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Sad And Lonely (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Brooklyn Is Burning (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Rockstop (track not available in Rhapsody)
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My Mother's Son (track not available in Rhapsody)
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