Fredericksburg.com - The Moog leaves you Hungary for more

search local
Follow us on Twitter Find us on Facebook

Get a printer-friendly version of this page. E-mail this story to a friend.
Make a post about this story on FredTalk.

The Moog bring a taste of Transylvania to American audiences.

Visit the Photo Place

Reviews


'Sold for Tomorrow' offers wonderfully strange music today
Date published: 4/5/2007

BY SARAH KEITH

After hearing that The Moog came from Budapest, I just had to have their CD. I thought, "Hey, something kooky that none of my friends have ever heard before." Little did I know that I was in for a pleasurable auditory experience.

The Moog's newest album is titled "Sold for Tomorrow." Its first song, "Your Sweet Neck," proved to be less--ahem--savory than the other songs featured, with lyrics such as "I won't rest until I have/ Just a bite of your sweet neck." It made me think of my cannibalistic side.

The words that I enjoyed most were those on "I Don't Want You Now," which say things like: "I feel quite well/ But not enough to see your boring face again/ 'Cuz I don't want you now/ No I don't want you now."

The best-sounding song, though, in my opinion, is "Never Hide!" Starting off with a solid bass line, it adds interestingly odd sound effects, then builds with vocals in the first verse until it reaches the chorus, exploding with percussion and a faster tempo.

The one part that I didn't enjoy was halfway through the last song, the 71/2-minute "Xanax Youth," when the music degraded to odd mechanical sounds and weird sound effects, making one wonder if the studio had just been bombed and every air-conditioning unit in the building started breaking at once.

All in all, I would recommend this CD to Pink Floyd fans, as well as people who like other classic rock. This album has nothing to do with the latter, but I think fans would enjoy it, nonetheless.

Sarah Keith is an eighth-grader at Freedom Middle School.



Date published: 4/5/2007



Comments guidelines

1. Be respectful. No personal attacks.
2. Please avoid offensive, vulgar, abusive, hateful or defamatory language.
3. Read and follow THE RULES.
4. We will block violaters and ban repeat offenders.










The Free Lance-Star fredericksburg.com 93.3 WFLS Print Innovators Classic Rock 96.9 99.3 The Vibe wntx radio