Blog: Consequence Of Sound

In my review of their self-titled debut LP , I said that the Smith Westerns were the poster boys of the blogosphere and its relationship to buzz bands because they realized they "can’t escape the paradigm and do their best to make good music within it." For their sophomore LP, Dye It Blonde , the foursome continue the same pattern of behavior, taking a step out of the garage, doing their best to give up the fuzz and feedback, and aiming at making a record steeped in the sounds of Britpop. The resulting effort is one [...]