Arts
Bush's latest album, "Razorblade Suitcase," is very neatly packed with promising songs, but will never travel as far as the band's debut album, "Sixteen Stone."
Like a neat little package, this album seems specifically tailored toward a stereotypical Gen-X audience.
"Sixteen Stone" rocketed the band to the top of the charts with three perfectly timed hit singles, "Everything Zen," "Machine Head," and "Glycerine."
Gavin Rossdale, the band's resident singer and sex-symbol, added fuel to their success by adorning the lockers of teenage girls across the country.
This past Saturday Bush performed on Saturday Night Live, where they were welcomed by screaming girls reminding us of the Beatles' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Rossdale and the boys bounced around on stage like rock stars performing their hit single "Swallowed."
Of course it is difficult to match the strength with which Bush began, so "Razorblade Suitcase" seems to be a disappointment, suffering from a problem many other artists experience -- sophomore jinx.
This album is somewhat different from the first, but very characteristically Bush.
The overall sound of it is much heavier -- straying from the grungy, "alternative" genre with which they started, despite their partnership with Nirvana's producer, Steve Albini.
Upon hearing these 13 tracks for the first time, I was left wondering if I had set the CD player on repeat.
Song after song celebrates Rossdale's typical disenchantment with life.
