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dot_fennelThe new Piebald (which I fell for medium-hard before it joined all my
other discs in a U-Haul last month) came with buzz about how the band
had finally grown up. How was I to know any differently? And yet this
previous album sounds both smarter and harder than its successor to
me.
"King Of The Road" has a great lyrical switchback where "Thought I saw you on the road last night / I need to get my eyes checked / Can't believe I love something as yellow as you" sounds like a kiss-off when you think it's a former lover, then affectionate when the identity of the song's true subject -- a car -- dawns on you. And "The Monkey Versus The Robot" rocks a 7-beat measure like nobody since Blondie. Okay, better than Blondie.
