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Very Special Forces
BACKFIRE magazine, Seattle
"Not since the mid-80's, I think, have I stumbled over a band this sonically dry, succinct, and unabashedly sardonic.
The Missoulian
Timothy Young is a jazz guitarist, but his new endeavor rocks. "Quantum scientists of rhythm and blues," the press release calls Very Special Forces, the Seattle pop band with a finger on the pulse and tongue firmly in cheek.
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"Taking pop music to illogical extremes, Very Special Forces mix skilled musicianship with a crazed sense of play and an uncanny ability to ape others. The end result is juvenile, absurd and somewhat offensive. And it's a helluva lot of fun. Starting with the infectious clapping and squealing guitar rock of "The Hand," on to the Elvis Costello sound-alike "Serial Monogamist" (which bluntly translates the "I wanna sex you up"-type pop lyric into "My love for you is purely recreational / I think of your body as a recreational vehicle") and through to the the final track ("Mush") with its layered munchkin "la-la" backing vocals, each song has a sound distinct from the others yet eerily familiar as something you might have heard in your distant radio-listening past. You know that friend whose parties consist of shuffled Eighties collections in the CD changer? This is the perfect disc to slip in there as a musical land mine." -Paul Goracke
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Very Special Forces
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ASIN: B00004UG1C Release Date: 2000-06-25 |
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Album Description
"Taking pop music to illogical extremes, Very Special Forces mix skilled musicianship with a crazed sense of play and an uncanny ability to ape others. The end result is juvenile, absurd and somewhat offensive. And it's a helluva lot of fun. Starting with the infectious clapping and squealing guitar rock of "The Hand," on to the Elvis Costello sound-alike "Serial Monogamist" (which bluntly translates the "I wanna sex you up"-type pop lyric into "My love for you is purely recreational / I think of your body as a recreational vehicle") and through to the the final track ("Mush") with its layered munchkin "la-la" backing vocals, each song has a sound distinct from the others yet eerily familiar as something you might have heard in your distant radio-listening past. You know that friend whose parties consist of shuffled Eighties collections in the CD changer? This is the perfect disc to slip in there as a musical land mine." -Paul GorackeEarPollution.com
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