Every winter needs its stupid rock album to get you out of the doldrums, and this winter has been gifted by one of the best bands in the world with what is arguably their worst album (that is still great in its own way). There is no way to justify this record to long time fans of Boris; the band that at one time stood toe to toe with Earth and Sunn 0))) for sovereignty of the doom drone world are now turning in what can only be described as a J-rock record, but goddamn if it isn't fun. For the most part this is a much more electronicized mix of songs from the band's "Heavy Rocks 2011" and "Attention Please" records from earlier in the year. It basically gathers together all of the pop songs, pumps up the disco and lets loose with abandon. It still rocks, promise, but in a different way. This record has been out in Japan for a while, but I get the feeling that Boris knew they were going to piss off a lot of American fans with this, and so kind of buried its release, which is a shame, because if you can't get your four on the floor on with Boris and have fun, you probably aren't living. I'm not about to say I want to hear the band go down this road again, but this has became a guilty pleasure that makes even the shittiest days feel grand, in other words: the perfect cure for the winter, or any, blues.
"Spoon"
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