BEST ALBUMS OF 2009: #2: SHONEN KNIFE “Super Group”
Posted by CJ Marsicano in Best Albums of 2009, Shonen Knife
SHONEN KNIFE
Super Group
(Good Charamel)
Available on CD, iTunes, AmazonMP3 and eMusic
Back at full strength (officially) for the first time in years (the previous few albums were mainly duo situations that had leader/guitarist/primary songwriter Naoko Yamano doing double duty on guitar and bass) and back on an American label for the first time since 2006 (one album released in-between, Fun Fun Fun, is only available as an import), the veteran punk/J-pop darlings hand in their finest album yet in the process. The songs are solid, the harmonies are dead on, and Naoko-sama, while not exactly making with Michael Angelo Batio-esque shredding, is getting looser and more confident with her lead guitar skills (her guitar solo on “Muddy Bubbles Hell” being a case in point). A new album is already coming out in Japan next month; hopefully their new American label won’t hesitate to release it here.
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