Sunday, May 02, 2004


Price I Pay - Jane’s Addiction [✯✯✯✯]


Not bad. I managed not to hear a single thing from last year’s Jane’s Addiction reunion record, Strays, which gives you an idea of the magnitude of the rock I’m hiding under with respect to current radio. I didn’t actively seek it out, either, becuase reunion records are usually, y’know, crap.

This track, unlike any of the others reviewed so far, actually does some interesting things texturally. It starts with a subdued electronics, (real?) strings and plucked guitar intro over which Perry Farrell, well, coos. This intro lasts for about 90 seconds before the second part of the song kicks in, a bass-led rolling thing with a circular guitar riff and a suitably frenetic chorus (points deducted for lyrical cliché). There’s an ambient breakdown after the second chorus that’s particularly effective.

The whole thing manages to stay interesting over it’s full five minutes and 27 seconds, and I guess that’s about all you can ask for, right? If anyone has heard the full album, I’d be curious if the record as a whole is up to the quality of this track (please use the comments.)


:: Dave Walker 11:02 (EST/EDT) [+]

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