Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp

noah | October 17, 2006 3:48 am
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While on a $2-bin spree a few months back, we decided to pick up the self-titled album by the New York outfit Morningwood–despite our grave misgivings about the band’s name, we had an extra two bucks, and there were more than enough copies in the bin to spare. We returned to the Idolator flophouse and plopped the CD into our stereo, only to be gobsmacked by how just flat-out awful it sounded. The music was stoopidly slick, the songs were all too long by half, and lead moaner Chantal Claret’s “sexy” vamping almost made us feel bad for her. (“First it was my legs, now my heart is open”? Come on.) The vision we got was of a Capitol Records honcho, upon finding out that The Gossip existed, heading down to the Major Label Cloning Lab to concoct a version that was completely depoliticized, 110% cheesier, and really freaking annoying. The CD was returned to the used-bin from which it came a few weeks later.

So when we heard the news that these jokers would be playing this Halloween’s edition of the Motherfucker party, where many a band on the rise has made a triumphant New York appearance, we were inspired to start a brand-new feature: “Are You Shitting Us?” It’ll be an every-so-often look at a terrible band that has to be a creation of street-teaming gone horribly wrong, complete with damning evidence in MP3 format. If you’re one of the few people who actually paid full price to listen to Morningwood–live or on record–by all means, feel free to explain yourself in comments. But we had to re-download this crap again just to write this piece, and we’re about five seconds away from completely swearing off BitTorrent as a result.

Morningwood – Body 21 [MP3, link expired] Morningwood [morningwoodrocks.com] Previously: Capitol Records Employees Prepare For Awkward Holiday Party

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