The Difference Between Me & You Is That I'm Not on Fire
Any band that can come up with such fantastic album titles - before this one there wasMy Pain and Saddness is More Sad and PainfulandMcLusky Do Dallas- must be doing something right. In McLusky's case, it' really comes down to volume. With the production assistance ofSteve Albini, the Welsh trio creates an unholy racket that is more likely to descend into all-out chaos ("1956 and All That") than it is to aim for some kind of melodic stability ("Kkkitchens, What Were You Thinking"). The end result is more sinister thanthe Darkness, unrulier thanQueens of the Stone Ageand just shy of the genius displayed on the band's own previous work.-- Aidin Vaziri