Apr 16 Peer Review: S/T – Manolete

Written by Steve Barman. Posted in Detroit Concerts

We’ve been getting a lot of flack for our reviews. I’d like to point out a couple of things.
1. Because it’s local doesn’t make it good.
2. We have opinions, so do you.
3. Please listen to the album, leave us a rebuttal in the comments!

PEER REVIEW: A bunch of people sit in a room, listen to the album for the first time. What we say is edited and transcribed. On with the show:

Manolete – Manolete They know what they’re doing, it doesn’t seem like anything in the recording was left to chance. I’m really getting into it, the atmosphere of the album draws you in. For me, song writing could be a little tighter, it’s too experimental for my taste. This part right here reminds me of Radiohead, definitely Pablo Honey and The Bends. They even have the Falsetto voice of Tom Yorke. Half of the album I like but the other part of the album is too self-indulgent. This is good. There’s some Coldplay in there as well, the better parts of Coldplay, I really don’t like Coldplay usually. This song is a bit too much like “We Are The World”. I couldn’t imagine watching this live, it needs to be a bit more exciting. It seems if they cut out half of the album it would make a 5 star album. Each song is a bit hit or miss. This actually sounds a bit more like Muse, it sounds a bit more stadium rock.

FEATURED TRACK
Manolete – “Alarm”

Anonymous ratings: 2, 3.5, 3, 3.5 = 3/5 Detroit Dishes