Ben Folds is back with yet another album of bright, infectious and mildly immature (thus fun) piano pop. Ben Folds (Five) standard components include: fuzzed out guitar and/or bass, silly piano flourishes, and "almost witty but more like sixth grader witty" lyrics. As usual the music he writes and performs falls into one of three buckets: blast off piano pop verging on piano punk, songs about relationships, situations, and/or women gone nuts, or sad and somber tunes designed to channel emotion more through the piano than through the vocals alone. In that regard Ben has not changed one iota... but he does it so well!
Favorite tracks: 9. Bitch Went Nuts, 4. You Don't Know Me (see the video), 10. Brainwascht, 3. The Frown Song, 11. Effington
Label: Sony Epic
RIYL: Ben Folds Five (duh), Moyer
3 stars.
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