obviate media.

Have you heard of Fruity Loops? It’s a techno loop generating program that has a really easy to use interface. So easy in fact that a fourth grader could figure this program if given the right amount of time.

Unfortunately, this has it's downfalls, being anyone including that little eight year old has the ability to generate the biggest pile of electronic garbage and call it genius.

This sort of what Giles self titled debut is like.

Giles - a techno side project of lead singer of Between the Buried and Me’s Tommy Giles Rogers Jr. If this side project was shot between the eyes by a poacher mistaking it for an endangered animal hoping for it’s sweet fur - I think it would be ok.

Let's start with the worst of the problems here. The lyrics. Yes, I know it's techno, but they make me want to flog a kitten with a hammer. They're that bad. I'd rather hear "Fear is the mind killer" or "get on the floor yea yea yea" than lines such as "Little kitty it's time to be naughty. Hopskotch into the closet of raunchy". Enough of kittens, closets, and hammers let's move on.

Simply put, Giles isn’t bland techno. It's bad bland techno. Nearly every song could be mistaken for another on the album because of the same formula: cheesy bass line + terrible repeating riff + lyrics that make Fred Durst sound like a genius = Giles. There is no redeeming quality in this album, except that it's only 20 some odd minutes long so you won't feel like you've punished yourself that long by giving it a full listen.

Be fortunate you weren’t foolish enough to spend ten dollars on this, and on top of it actually listen to it. If you were, take comfort in the fact there are others that made the same foolish mistake. There are so many better ways to spend your hard earned ten dollars, like getting a cup at a frat party to drown the memories of this album, or a pitchfork at Menards to skewer yourself with.

...Well, you know where I'm getting at.

P.S. This album is truly terrible...just needed to point that out one more time.

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, November 08, 2006 at 6:33 PM | Permalink