Thursday, December 12, 2002
41. "party hard," andrew w.k.
he's either your best fantasy or worst nightmare of an '80s revival. andrew w.k. mixmasters the volume of hair metal, meatloaf-esque judicious use of keyboards, a vocal style best described as shouting, and some of the most utterly silly lyrics this side of licensed to ill (three of his album's twelve tracks include "party" in their titles) with pure, golden, pop smarts. "party hard" is a chemistry class experiment gone awry, bubbling over and leaving burnt black goo all over your shoes. if I'd had more fun in high school, I would've killed for this when I was 16.
he's either your best fantasy or worst nightmare of an '80s revival. andrew w.k. mixmasters the volume of hair metal, meatloaf-esque judicious use of keyboards, a vocal style best described as shouting, and some of the most utterly silly lyrics this side of licensed to ill (three of his album's twelve tracks include "party" in their titles) with pure, golden, pop smarts. "party hard" is a chemistry class experiment gone awry, bubbling over and leaving burnt black goo all over your shoes. if I'd had more fun in high school, I would've killed for this when I was 16.
# posted by Thomas : 7:54 PM
