ALBUM REVIEW: Juno
- Posted on June 12, 2008 12:37 PM
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Juno
Review By Zarina Raja
A horribly sweet start to the Juno soundtrack certainly sets the flavour of what is to come.
Barry Louis Polisar's ‘All I Want Is You’ is everything I hate: twangy, catchy, irritating and bland - it’s Indie at its absolute worst. For a sunny day, and a walk in the park, it is perfect. But on such a grey, overcast, and stuffy day, Polisar’s ‘All I Want Is You’ simply doesn’t make the grade and is a very average start to the album.
The slow start continues with Kimya Dawson, a former Moldy Peach, who has proved to be a disappointment in her solo career. The dry and comical edge from her songs has disappeared under a coat of ‘do do do do do dos’. ‘My Rollercoaster’ is a let down, a bore, a colourless mix of nothing, but is admittedly great for keeping in tone with the film soundtrack.
Track three, The Kink’s ‘A Well Respected Man,’ draws the soundtrack away from the dreary love songs and tosses in something a bit more chewable.
Buddy Holly follows on from this with Dearest, chased by Mateo Messina and more Kimya Dawson all producing a similar mix of swirling, swooning tracks that gently stir but subvert no real emotions.
Finally, by track seven, a glorious Indie song is tossed into the mix. Belle and Sebastian’s 'Piazza, New York Catcher' adds a particular feel to the album that had, up until now, been missed.
Ignoring another Kimya Dawson song (there’s way too many) Belle and Sebastian are followed by another superb classic from Sonic Youth with Superstar.
After more Kimya Dawson (!), the Juno Soundtrack continues to pick up with Belle and Sebastian’s 'Expectations' – an Indie anthem in its own right.
Injections of these clear classics like Belle and Sebastian and Sonic Youth certainly make the album worth listening to.
Adding Cat Power, The Velvet Underground and The Moldy Peaches to the line up of artists, the Juno soundtrack is an amalgamation of way too much Kimya Dawson, a handful of sickeningly boring, senseless and dreary Indie love songs, and a heap of seminal anthems.
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