last stop: crappy town

i got the chance to see reggie with midtown and my chem (which he is now a member of.. how ironic) opening and a little 15 year old me just didn't get it at all. i didn't get the costumes, i didnt get what james was all about. but when i hit about 17 i heard reggie again and fell in love with the humor and music in general i finally 'got it'.

the title of reggie's latest (and more than likely last) album does have a kinda cheesy title but then again looking at full effects back catalog cheesy is just okay and appropriate (mood 4 luv anyone?)

with that said nothing is cheesy about this album at all. no more jokes no more techno songs (or songs about getting to the choppa, food, lochness mosnter, etc etc), but ironically enough james really has pushed himself on this album. the opener G (all of the songs are letters to make it like the subway system in nyc... where james lives now) sets the tone of the whole album: snyth heavy almost metal than pop punk. the thing i like the most about this album is the interludes it has. it makes the album flow nicely it makes it very dark and atmospheric. i think its a shame that vagrant waited almost 3 years to finally release this, i hope that dont scare james off from keeping reggie alive, another thing is it was rumored that this was supposed to be a double disc with the other classic sounding (goofy) reggie songs... i wonder if that will surface anytime soon...

all in all this album does pick up where the last album 'songs to get married to' left off in the sense that it had some heavier songs, but james' raw emotion on this is what sets crappy town apart from sntgmt. i give it 8.2/10. i think if you don't look past reggie's past this album is a post-hardcore-metal-snyth rock jem, and yes you should takes james seriously as a very talented musician and not some kinda joke. lets hope he finds time to tour during my chem's break.

posted by nicholas b. @ 6:17 PM