| La Peste / Better Off La Peste |
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| Album: | Better Off La Peste | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | La Peste | Added: | Oct 2006 | |
| Label: | Bacchus Archives | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-04-08 | Pull Date: | 2007-06-10 |
| Week Ending: | May 27 | May 13 | Apr 29 | Apr 22 | Apr 15 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 26, 2007: | Bloodstains Across Atherton The Road | 4. | Apr 28, 2007: | Biff Bang Pow Better Off Dead | |
| 2. | May 12, 2007: | Bloodstains Across Atherton - Watch for Snakes! Better Off Dead | 5. | Apr 18, 2007: | Baptism of Solitude Kill Me Now | |
| 3. | May 09, 2007: | Baptism of Solitude Kill Me Now | 6. | Apr 14, 2007: | Bloodstains Across Atherton Better Off Dead |
| Album Review |
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| mike Reviewed 2007-04-15 | ||
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LA PESTE – “Better Off La Pest” CD (Dionysus) Post punk, art punk, and punk from Boston and the late 70s. Catchy with arty moments, gothy moments, glammy moments (those guitar solos), and dumb moments. At times they remind me of THE JAM and at others the ANGRY SAMOANS. They must have the stupid lyrics on purpose? **1. Their hit and damn catchy with more of a hard rock guitar riff. “That girls only 13, she ain’t never given head”. 2. Slower with spoken vocals. 3. Ugh. 4. RAMONES light with silly lyrics. 5. Slightly heavier and fuzzier. 6. Simple, medium pace and guitar solo. 7. Trying to sound tough and it comes across somewhat laughable. **8. The music reminds me of WIRE. Mechanical drums and slightly fuzzy guitar. **9. More aggressive and another one that reminds me of the ANGRY SAMOANS. “Just got back from Vietnam, just trying to pay my rent”. 10. Minimal sound with guitars in the background. 11. Slightly darker but still poppy and repetitive. 12. Punk and again reminds me a little of ANGRY SAMOANS but the chorus wimps out. 13. Vague surf/spy sound. Dumb in a fun way. 14. Vocals up front with effects on them and fuzzy guitar. 15. Live and where are the guitars? 16. Faster, repetitive and more punk sounding. 17. Slow, simple and silly. “Betty’s so dumb she don’t know”. 18. Sounds like a bad punk band playing an ANIMALS song or something. **19. Louder, fuzzier guitar. “all my kindness invites abuse.” Guitar solo. 20. Energetic and a bit silly live track. 21. Diving, more aggressive track. Funny backing vocals. 22. Mellow track with clean guitar and prominent bass. 23. Louder live track, punk love song. 24. Odd simple live pop song. 25. ick. So so stuff. -mph | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Better Off Dead | 14. | Truth | |||
| 2. | Black | 15. | After Dinner Crimes | |||
| 3. | Whites Of Your Eyes | 16. | Please Love Sex | |||
| 4. | Skin Tight | 17. | Betty's So Dumb | |||
| 5. | Acid Test | 18. | Hold On To Love | |||
| 6. | Die In My Sleep | 19. | Kindness Invites Abuse | |||
| 7. | Figure It Out | 20. | Fed Up/ You're Too Cute | |||
| 8. | Don't Know Right From Wrong | 21. | City Jerk/ Not Today | |||
| 9. | Kill Me Now | 22. | Color Scheme | |||
| 10. | Leave Me Alone | 23. | Rock Rots | |||
| 11. | Pop Rock Polls | 24. | Johnny You're A Rocket | |||
| 12. | The Road | 25. | She's A Girl | |||
| 13. | Spymaster | 26. | S + M |