TV on the Radio Album: «New Health Rock»

- Customers rating: (3.8 of 5)
- Title:New Health Rock
- Release date:2004-10-12
- Type:Audio CD
- Label:Touch & Go Records
- UPC:036172096725
- 1New Health Rock - TV on the Radio
- 2The Wrong Way - TV on the Radio
- 3Modern Romance - TV on the Radio
Because Amazon hasn't posted the details yet, let me:
The latest from TotR, 3 tracks.
1. New Health Rock, 4:03
2. The Wrong Way, 4:39
3. Modern Romance, 4:11
The Wrong Way is the first track from their LP, Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes. New Health Rock and Modern Romance are more of the same. If you liked previous TV On The Radio releases, get this, you'll like it too. If you haven't heard any TV On The Radio before, first go check out their fabulous EP, Young Liars.
I don't see how happy review warrior calls the two new tracks 'more of the same'; 'New Health Rock' displays TvOTR in a newer light. The title track is much more upbeat than anything they'd done at the time, with a hint of surf punk thrown into the mix. 'Modern Romance', cover of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' song, goes beyond the original version's guitar and drums instrumentation with electronic and ambient influence with truly great vocals.
And while 'The Wrong Way' does work well into the mix, the band could easily have put maybe 'You Could Be Love', an LP outtake, on it for some more substantiality, but oh well, still a great extra couple tracks that really shows the evolution of the band, a necessity for fans.
2 1/2
Worth getting for the great first track, but unnecesary because of the other two. Salvage as a single file if possible.

