So this album is weird. That’s kind of the point of the first track, which is half skit and half cabaret masterpiece. The rest of the album bounces all over the place which makes it really hard to lock down what kind of genre you would call it. Really the only consistent thread is the vaguely vaudevillian atmosphere, which is why I settled on the terrible genre title I came up with. I don’t want this review to turn into a full track-by-track breakdown, but it…
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“III” by Bad Books – Album Review
“III” – Bad Books 8.3/10 | Alternative At what point does a musical collaboration become a super group? Officially formed in 2010 by singer-songwriter Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra front-man Andy Hull, Bad Books is the result of a collaboration that began three years earlier. The project allowed the two extremely talented songwriters to experiment and …