I had already listened to “Approaching Normal” a couple of times but postponed writing the review unti I don’t know, ‘til I felt like it. It’s Monday morning now and while still in my waking up process I’ve listened to it one more time and have finally given up. Blue October’s fifth full-length has absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Their post-grunge rings even more hollow and empty than Creed and will most likely smother you in corniness and bombast in a way that even Live never managed to put on record.
Vocalist Justin Furstenfeld sounds like a total wanker who’s lugging around all the pains and frustrations of the average teenager. In fact the good man is 33. Even Fred Durst sounds less pathetic while singing about doing it all for the nookie. Fodder for the airwaves it is.
Score: 3 out of 10
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1 comment:
The album is great, the original poster must like his music spoon fed.
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