Fig Dish
That's What Love Songs Often Do
[A&M;]
Rating: 7.4
Love Songs? Maybe. I was surprised by how good this album actually is, what
with a band name like Fig Dish. In fact, I can't decide which song is my
favorite. I first heard these guys late last year on a tribute album to
Tom Petty called You Got Lucky. They covered "Don't Come Around Here No More," and
it was like brilliance.
Fig Dish sound like a more melodic Archers of Loaf to me. "Weak and Mean" actually
sounds remarkably like the Archers'
"Harnessed in Slums." But regardless of who the fuck it sounds
like, it's impressive in its own right, and I recommend you take a listen to
it some time, just so you can see for yourself.
-Ryan Schreiber