The Drawbacks: Slightly Less Vague
By
Dan MacIntosh 30 January 2008
The track that grabs you by the throat and won’t let you go on The Drawbacks’ Slightly Less Vague CD is “Adrenaline”. Like the substance it’s named after, this quickly strummed guitar number hearkens back to The Buzzcocks, but also brings the more modern day Franz Ferdinand to mind. And while that song is the clear highlight, much of the rest of this CD is also fine. It’s melodic, from beginning to end, well sung and played, and an overall delight. And even though “Adrenaline” is the best sounding track, opener “Couch Buddies” has the best title. I’m not exactly sure what it means; but I like it just the same.
Dan MacIntosh is a freelance writer from Bellflower, California, “The friendly city”. He’s married with two children, two cats, one dog, one bunny, and one bird. He earned his B.A. degree in Communications (emphasis Public Relations) from California State University, Fullerton in 1986. By day, he works for a software company (Ah, but doesn’t everybody these days?), and in the evenings he works at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts where he is hardly recognizable in a suit and tie. He also dearly loves his church, Calvary Baptist Church, Bellflower, where he is a deacon, a praise choir member, and a small group leader. He also plays guitar, but mainly in the privacy of his home.
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