Categories
Music Bob

A monkeyhouse on their backs

Picked up a the Dandy Warhols most recent CD, “Welcome to the Monkeyhouse.” I’ve listened to it a few times and it’s just not grabbing me the way “13 Tales from Urban Bohemia” did. The songs are sleepy, whispered, almost somnabulant. There’s nothing with the power of the Godless/Mohammed/Nietzsche opening of 13 Tales or the […]

Picked up a the Dandy Warhols most recent CD, “Welcome to the Monkeyhouse.” I’ve listened to it a few times and it’s just not grabbing me the way “13 Tales from Urban Bohemia” did. The songs are sleepy, whispered, almost somnabulant. There’s nothing with the power of the Godless/Mohammed/Nietzsche opening of 13 Tales or the humor of “Bohemian Like You.” “Monkeyhouse” isn’t a total loss and it has its moments, but overall, it was a letdown.

I think the Dandy’s have been too long on the island of the lotus eaters. Get to a methadone clinic. Clean up. Try again.