Grand Café
Let loose b/w Makin' out 7"
Roadkill Records
I am the one who always gets stuck with the unenviable task of covering the site's most mediocre of submissions. Seriously, how many synonyms for bland are there, how many ways to say "thanks, but no thanks"? Norway's Grand Cafe fare slightly better than labelmates The Smell of Mutiny, though their blue-eyed rhythm'n'blues rave-up still doesn't add up to much more than better-than-average bar-band. I appreciate the full arrangements with horns, organ and backing vocals, but why should I care when I've still got countrymen The Moving Oos? Or old Eric Burdon albums for that matter? Life is too short for music that is merely listenable.
- Avi Roig
