Slacker73

Alright let’s try and find one thing with this band that doesn’t suck. I’m joking. A large percentage of my readers think that I’m too mean in my reviews. That’s ridiculous. If a band sucks I’m going to say it sucks. Don’t give me that "music is art and art can’t suck" line. That’s bull. Playing music is a talent that is time consumingly cultivated and conceptualized. I’m going to stop before I smother you in my thoughts on the subject. Just let it be known Musec Review will forever be a source of unbiased, honest, and fresh reviews of bands that normally aren’t give the time of day in mainstream press.

Now back to the review:

Slacker73 is the alias of a guy named Steven Simpson. Simpson is a multi-talented artist from the UK. With today's technology it seems like more and more people are opting to be the only member of their band's. The new phenomena has it's pluses and it's down points. On the good side it allows artists to realize their own musical vison, without having to compromise with other people's pesky opinions. One person having complete creative control is also what makes this kind of music unstable. Only a truly refined artist can play all the instruments and supply all the vocals, and even then I imagine the live shows are still pretty strange.
Slacker73's music sounds like a group of Americans roadtripping through Europe in the late summer. If your having trouble translating that image into sound then just listen to the music and you'll get it. It features three different genre's that are pretty evenly spread out over two intruments and the vocals. The guitar strums out country flavors while the drums rumble blues rock rhythms. Simpson's singing is a smooth departure from indie. When I say departure I just mean that if indie was made by happy people more often it would sound llike this.
As mentioned earlier, one downside of a one man band is the lack of overall proficiency. If Simpson teamed up with a few more band members and took his sound into a studio it would be way more listenable. As of now it sounds thin and feeble.
The music's good though, and cool to listen to. I would recomend the CD for the "unsigned bands" section of your music library, but I'm not sure if there's one available. Whenever one comes out I would definitely order a copy.

That last statement gives me the oppurtunity to release the new rating system.

For a CD from Slacker73 I'd spend $4.50 (which if you don't know equals a 4.5 out of 10)


Myspace.com/Slacker73UK