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Spanish For 100 - Metric
- Chicago quartet Spanish For 100, unfortunately, has nothing to do with "Jeopardy." But the band's latest six-track album "Metric," released last year, sounds more like Neil Young's emo-drenched little brother than an Alex Trebek song sample. Lead singer Corey Passons, whose young voice is reminiscient of Ben Kweller's, walks the line between whiny and wistful in the slow-building songs, which appear to be in no hurry to reach their drum-led climaxes. But while "Jungle With Lions" takes its time unspooling into the sky and a shimmering guitar solo takes the descant on "Golden Days," first track "Go Away, Come Home" offers platitudes like "It doesn't matter what I want/ over and over again... watch it twist and turn and die."
So young, so world-weary. Now that Spanish For 100 has a permanent drummer and is out touring tirelessly, maybe audiences will know what's bothering them -- hopefully in the form of a question.
Reviewer: Ellen Wernecke
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Added: 14-Apr-2006
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