Comes out Tuesday. Anybody heard?
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Comes out Tuesday. Anybody heard?
I have NEVER heard Tsar... what are they like?
They released a cd in 2000 with the song Calling All Destroyers. Dammit, Andii, I interviewed their singer Jeff Whalen. [img]tongue.gif[/img] DON'T YOU READ MY INTERVIEWS??? hehe He was a funny guy. [img]wink.gif[/img] Catch me on yahoo sometime and I'll send ya' the tracks. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Yeah man... I have read the shit etc.. but never heard lol!
Lycan.. THANK YOU!!!! I love this band!
They remind me HEAVILY of `Third Eye` era Redd Kross. Of COURSE I love it then haha.
Cheerz again!
Surprised ya didn't have this one Andii. Awesome tunes on it - love that song Kathy Fong
Yeah I had been on the look out for a while now but could never get Tsar stuff anywhere and I agree, that Kathy Fong is ace!
they sound great i cant get the single out of my head currently on tour in the u.k. with towers of london and hooker
Andii - do ya have the full cd mate
Yep Ian. Got it last night and have been playing it all day here.
Favourites on this are Kathy Fong (Which has verses that sound a little like the verses of Hellraiser by The Sweet which is ace!) and The Teen Wizards.
Absolute awesome cd - one that I play quite regular
They also released The "King Of The School" EP which had some demos and bsides on. Some pretty good songs on this.
I've heard 6 or 7 tracks from the new album, and it seems to be harder edged than the first album, but still very good.
Yet another band I never heard of!?!?!
<font size="4" face="Arial">Hey CCL, I just heard these guys the other day on a Podcast on the Rock N Roll Geek Show....not badQuote:
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Comes out Tuesday. Anybody heard?
Actually, it looks like allmusic's got a review for it. Things aren't looking too up, according to this piece.
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Tsar's self-titled first album from 2000 is a bit of a glam pop/hard rock hidden treasure that still sounds fresh and thrilling years later. Loaded with hooks, humor, and innocent charm, and coming across like the starry-eyed child of Cheap Trick and Sweet, the record was inevitably enough of a flop to send the band into exile for five years. Band-Girls-Money is Tsar's comeback album, and as nice as it would be to say that it is on par with their debut, the record can't help but disappoint in comparison. If you set aside the comparisons and judge the record on its own merits, what you are left with is a decently exciting and fun slice of punk-pop. The group has upped the tempos and energy level. Singer Jeff Whalen mostly sounds ready to tear heads off here, as if the stars in his eyes have turned to daggers. Tracks like "Band-Girls-Money," "Straight," and "Startime" are tough and lively; "Superdeformed" rocks like a less-gloomy Jimmy Eat World, and "Wanna Get Dead" fairly bursts through the speakers in a blast of fever. Apart from the bouncy and lighthearted "The Love Explosion," the album has little of the innocence and teenage spirit that the band had before ? not surprising given their history, but still a bit of a letdown. There are so many bands in 2005 that play the same kind of "sort of pop, sort of punk" sound that Tsar can't help but sound unoriginal. Granted they are better than most of the bands aiming for that sound, but there really isn't much on Band-Girls-Money that will impel you to put the album on. Especially if you have Tsar handy.