Language.Sex.Violence.Other?
Stereophonics fifth studio album and first in new trio alongside Javier Weyler who replaced original drummer Stuart Cable who was sacked during the previous tour.
Stereophonics' fifth album will inevitably provide more material for the band's critics, if only for the fact its title has clearly been rather lazily inspired from the back of a rental video case. The music within, however, is anything but laid-back: the employment of Argentinean drummer Javier Weyler, sees the band venturing further along the hard-rock path that spawned previous denim-and-leather-clad tracks like Moviestar. The first three tracks find frontman Kelly Jones is in downbeat mood, his vocals drawled and insouciant, and his lyrics distinctly sour, take the raging Doorman, where he rails against some faceless bouncer with surprising and rather paranoid ferocity. Things sweeten towards the album's middle, the chiming, electronic-tinged Dakota is a light, buoyant anthem that deserves to be a hit, while Rewind is a reflective moment that pricks memories of mid-period U2. But on the whole, Language. Sex. Violence. Other? isn't an album out to win new fans, it's an album that caters to the Stereophonics' rock faithful, and it's them who'll really dig it.
Tracklisting
1. Superman2. Doorman
3. Brother
4. Devil
5. Dakota
6. Rewind
7. Pedalpusher
8. Girl
9. Lolita
10. Deadhead
11. Feel
