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Albert Hammond Jr. - ¿Cómo Te Llama?
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
I know what you're thinking, and you're right; this album title doesn't make sense. Bad Spanish word conjugation aside, I know what your next thoughts are as well: "Is it any good?" I have no idea, but I'll bet five pesos that Kaitis will give you a few clues!
Upon deciding to do this review the first thing I did was put on the first track, then used Wikipedia because i had no idea which member of the Strokes this was. I'll go ahead and set the record straight and let you know that this is the guitarist, Albert Hammond Jr. Where should I start? Although I'm only two songs deep, I'm looking forward to the rest of this CD, luckily for myself this was a featured album on MySpace, despite it's release date not being for six more days. The first thing that needs to be said really is that unless you've heard anything off this CD, please get as far away from any preconceptions as you can, because they're completely wrong. This sounds like nothing put out by The Strokes ever, and it's really a refreshing sound compared to everything else that's been reviewed on this little piece of the web. The first song, "Bargain of a Century," captures the energy of the album well, and the energy is carried through the whole CD. All of the tracks on this 13 track CD except one have a runtime of more than 4 minutes. It keeps flowing along, so none of the songs are long enough to get repetitive.
The one song longer than 4 minutes was the seven-minute-instrumental-epic "Spooky Couch." This Broken Social Scene meets SNES Earthbound soundtrack song is a mellow piece with strings and piano that compliments the up-tempo Indie Rock beat that this CD flows with. The reggae influenced "Borrowed Time" is a great song to bring you out of the instrumental, and I'm a fan of the timing change into the chorus, it's impressive. The single "GfC" was probably one of the least impressive songs on the album, while the verses on "Rocket" sound a bit like freestyle poetry. But don't get me wrong, the walking bass lines and effected vocals make "Victory at Monterey" a standout.
After listening to it in full, it really seems that this is a successful solo project. As history tells us, most people who make music outside of their bands are bound to failure, while ¿Cómo Te Llama? writes history and does just the opposite. The album has such a good feel to it the whole way. It's really just a good rock CD, perfect for anyone who would say they like "rock" music. Easily for fans of The Strokes and even for the Indie kids out there. It really is wondrous because it's completely up on MySpace, look out for it on the front page, and prepare to open a new tab.
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