What do y’all think of this album? It makes me feel like when I was eight listening to Sgt. Peppers on my mom’s record player.

The Dandy Warhols’ new album Rockmaker is awesome. It’s a little uneven and the second half is better but like pretty much everything else they put out it’s cool as fuck and it puts me in a good mood. It’s a little harder than the stuff they’ve released before. Definitely some punk influences, the song Real People is very Suicidal Tendencies, but they take their influences from so many places. There was fairly strong industrial rock and metal influence, with hints of Rammstein, Metallica, and Ministry—especially in Doomsday Bells, Real People, and The Cross. I love the combination of Brian Wilson-style falsetto vocals with a heavy metal guitar in Real People. There was a hint of surf rock in Love Thyself, with some Velvet Underground influence in several songs as usual, too. Danzig With Myself feels like if the Eurythmics became a heavy industrial rock band. Much of the album has mid-late ‘90s and early ‘00s vibes, a little grungy but at the same time very chill and cool, like Nirvana mixed with Goo Goo Dolls or something, but still so classic Dandy Warhols, especially Teutonic Wine which sounds like a heavier version of something from their 1997-2003 era. The Summer of Hate especially strongly featured Taylor-Taylor’s classic, cool, more-talking-than-singing stoner vocal style that we all know him and love him for (though if anyone can tell me what it’s about I owe you one). I’d Like To Help You With Your Problem has a strong Beatles vibe with a small hint of Sheryl Crow and some Hendrix-style guitar. I’d probably say it was one of my favorite tracks on the album. I Will Never Stop Loving You features intense, industrial metal-style vocals with a great use of piano as well as echoey female vocals from Debbie Harry that make it one of the most memorable tracks on the album for me. Alcohol And cocainemarijuananicotine is a fun return to their cheeky, sort of edgy sense of humor that reminds me lyrically of songs like Addicted by Amy Winehouse. Root Of All Evil was a fun, funky, slightly jazzy surprise and definitely a standout track in my opinion. It and other tracks on this album may just remind you of why you first started listening to the Dandy Warhols—because who is cooler?

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