Buffalo Daughter
New Rock
[Grand Royal]
Rating: 7.8
Everyone with the knowledge says the same thing: Cibo Matto II.
To an extent, I say yes. The first single, "Great Five Lakes"
(complete with a Neil Hamburger sample) rides the snarkiest slip
groove this side of the first recording of Cibo Matto's "Birthday
Cake." In fact, if Cibo Matto tried to claim the song as their own,
nobody would blink (though two
girls would get their asses sued). Ah, but check that title again:
New Rock. Cibo Matto would never ride the dark '60s drag strip of
"Sky High." At least not without a note from their parents.
Every time Buffalo Daughter's art rock becomes more art than rock--
Boom-- vice versa. No, this is Cibo Matto played like Captain
Beefheart was producing.
Do yourselves a favor: Get off your ass, turn off that MTV, answer that
subpeona from Neil Young over copping a lyric in a record review, throw it
away, buy some New Rock, and get off with the get down. You'll be
glad Uncle Jason set you back straight on the Marty McFly. (Note: Marty
McFly= a new West Coast slang that roughly translates into: "Knowing what's
right so you don't have to get a time machine to set it all straight.)
-Jason Josephes