Feeder continue to chase the dream with album number eight and I don't hate it as with most of their albums its decent but nothing to write home about is the usual feeling after listening to their current releases. The opening song "Oh My" suffers from thin almost abrasive production on the guitars which could have been turned down a little and tightened up as well sound wise which would have made the song radio ready. This issue continues throughout Generation Freakshow and so this album is going to have a lot of trouble breaking through to the mainstream ears that have to hear it to make them hits. The very grunge "Sunrise" sounds way to passe and makes me almost laugh at the dirge. Title track appears and there is a good song in there under the annoying guitar sounds buzzing over top of the melody. This kinda pisses me off because with a little production and engineering this is a great tune.
Again shit gets thin and tiny screwing up another well written song "In All Honesty" which has guitars that sound like they were recorded with a practice amp and an old school Sony Walkman that recorded with the headphone mics (who remembers that white piece of awesomeness?). The very punk and pleasant "Headstrong" has more of the same issues which only makes me wish they'd get The Flaming Lips to produce the album in a re-recording or even Don Gilmore or Dave Fridmann who all understand how to make great sounding albums.
In the end this album fails miserably from all its technical short comings and is a total pisser because there are some good songs being screwed over on this album.
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