Right
away, what I like about this split cassette from Playboy Manbaby and Petty
Things is that unlike most splits out there (That is to say, every split I’ve
reviewed thus far), these two bands trade off songs as opposed to actually
being, well… split. This is not a case
of “That side’s yours, this side’s mine”, but rather both bands appear on both
sides with the songs alternating. If
nothing else, it is a great way to make people pay attention because you can’t
just simply zone out after you fill your head with preconceived notions on the
first song.
So,
together, these two bands have managed to create a nicely mixed cassette which
should be more about the individual songs than the particular band playing
them. From early Modest Mouse to Franz
Ferdinand, or Rise Against to Bullets & Octane, some different influences
are shown (and thus the different bands) but somehow it still manages to flow
together.
When
listening to a cassette where Side A is Band #1 and Side B is Band #2, it can
become important to make sure that the two sides either sound cohesive together
or different enough that they can be separated. Blending these two bands together creates an
entirely new aspect of listening, as you don’t want to have one song be the
complete opposite of the next. Well, let’s
just say as an extreme case, using two widely known names, I wouldn’t make a
split like this with Michael Bolton and Slipknot taking turns, but I wouldn’t
really listen to a cassette with either of those names on it anyway.
At
a time when the musical flow seems to be most crucial, Playboy Manbaby and
Petty Things somehow manage to make this work perfectly, fit like a glove even
as OJ Simpson would say. Kudos to
Rubber Brother Records for putting this together, regardless of whether or not
it was their vision for this to become so fluent a cassette.
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