I was more than mildly interested when I heard about a new "super group" on the horizon. The band The Thorns is comprised of one of my favorite jangly popsters (Matthew Sweet) and a couple of artists that I think are either mildly interesting (Pete Droge) or having some talent (Shawn Mullins). I was hoping that the combination of their skills and styles would result in something interesting and unique.
Well, I was wrong. Their much-hyped sound is incredibly stale and uninteresting. According to their site they're mentioned "in reviews very favorably with the likes of... Crosby, Stills, and Nash." I'm here to tell you, they are CS&N. Bad '80s CS&N at that.
I'd link to an MP3 here so that you could all hear for yourselves. Unfortunately The Thorns have taken a cheeky page out of the Madonna book and all of the MP3s on shared sites are some dumb drum loop. Way to build excitement about a new band, guys!!
They're opening for the Jayhawks on June 27th here. I missed the 'hawks last time they were through town. I might have to miss this one, too.
Posted by mikewolf at May 20, 2003 10:01 AMI can't stand the power pop, the jangle pop, the beatley pop, etc etc ad nauseum. It's all to hardcore for me, you know?
And why did Cher have to retire anyway?
Posted by: deano on May 21, 2003 01:45 AMAw, who cares anyway, Clay is gonna win American Idol!
Posted by: Meredith on May 21, 2003 08:52 AM