Harsh or Fair?

[JPTK]

This is just out and must have been reviewed for the European release a few weeks ago

May 2008

More safe rock (but no roll) from the Cambridge four-piece on this, their thirteen song debut. Judging an album by its cover, this serves up precisely what you might expect. Song titles like Heroes of Villains, The Rebel, and The Third Degree are just the sort of thing that countless youths have turned out in every decade since the 70's. It doesn't get any fresher to these ears and, apart from some perfectly fine personal expression and being part of the growing up process that being in a band is for millions of kids year in, year out, there just isn't any point to too much of this stuff. By 'this stuff' I'm not especially singling-out Johnny Panic, but they do represent everything that is completely unexciting about music that flatters classic acts by being inspired by them but will never come close to imitating them. The Clash were a good band but I'm getting seriously exasperated of seeing every new guitar band say what a huge influence they've been on them only to turn out more mundane music. I've no desire to rain on their parade but you can shoot me for wasting valuable time if you catch me listening to Johnny Panic again. 5/10

Rob Dyer (May, 2008

http://www.dso.co.uk/indexa.htm

[JPTK]

Serious lack of research there

[crazymonkeys]

Originally Posted by JPTK

Serious lack of research there

I agree........

[dawn]

Originally Posted by JPTK

May 2008
[left] [font=verdana, tahoma, arial, helvetica][size=2]More safe rock (but no roll) from the Cambridge four-piece on this,

This is my favourite bit, Cambridge??? Yes the accent is so like a Londoners - it is quite uncanny

Originally Posted by JPTK

apart from some perfectly fine personal expression and being part of the growing up process that being in a band is for millions of kids year in, year out, there just isn't any point to too much of this stuff.

Am I reading that wrong? Are they implying JP are kids????

Originally Posted by JPTK

I'm getting seriously exasperated of seeing every new guitar band

???

You know if you read between the lines, what this guy is trying to say is that JP sound well educated, well spoken, expressive, perky and youthful...so it's not all bad!

[rydo]

Its a bit like me writing an article on 19th century art. It bores me and I don't like it, yes, but ultimately I know fuck all about it so I shouldn't really be commenting on it.

I'd like to know what other bands he is referring to in his article to be honest. I'm quite far out of touch with the British music scene right now so nothing springs to mind right away.

But in any case, I have never heard of his website and I am highly unlikely to visit it again, so fuck him and fuck his website.

[meh]

He has a point though and you can't dismiss it. What have JP done that you can say oh wow I aint heard that in 30 years? I'm not syaing something needs to be new to be good but there is very little difference between JP and a lot of other modern bands other than maybe the lyrics and the song meanings.

[ManinPants]

Critics are frustrated musicians. Jealousy and bitterness. Throwing dogshit at a snaredrum would be original, but it doesn't make it good. These people should try picking up an instrument, or using their literary skills for writing something truly artistic.

[meh]

Originally Posted by ManinPants

Critics are frustrated musicians. Jealousy and bitterness. Throwing dogshit at a snaredrum would be original, but it doesn't make it good. These people should try picking up an instrument, or using their literary skills for writing something truly artistic.

The Turner prize disagree's with you.

[ManinPants]

Originally Posted by meh

The Turner prize disagree's with you.

Your haircut is a piece of modern art in itself.