Blah Blah Statement
Too well behaved EP
Pupkin Records

I'm guessing that Sweden's Blah Blah Statement (the duo of Dan Hafstrom and Jesper Mott) are fans of famed director Martin Scorsese. They named their label 'Pupkin' presumably after Rupert Pupkin, the deluded protagonist of "The King of Comedy," and a song on this 5-track EP is titled "Harvey Keitel," one of the actors Scorsese has worked with several times. Too bad the edginess in most of Scorsese's films is missing from this band's ordinary music. The production is pretty decent, but I hear little that's particularly captivating in Hafstrom's low vocals, or in the songs themselves. The sonic clarity of the opening title cut doesn't lead to a payoff, the reggae-flavored "Oh those eyes" is bland and the sorta pretty "Dolphin song" is without porpoise..., sorry, PURPOSE. Guys, your sincerity is obvious, but creatively you're indeed "too well behaved." Next time, stir up a little shit, what d'ya say?
- Kevin Renick