Scars On Broadway - Scars On Broadway
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Song titles such as 'Whoring Streets', 'Stoner-Hate' and 'Babylon' might lead one to expect a somewhat austere listening experience. But with only one of its 15 songs straying over the four-minute mark, and several not lasting much more than 120 seconds, Scars on Broadway offers up the tastiest smorgasbord of bite-sized pop-metal delicacies since the last time Cheap Trick recorded a Queens of the Stone Age tribute album.Malakian garnishes his customary blend of atomic-fission guitar throb and shockingly catchy tunes with a sensational array of cheesy keyboard sounds. Imagine the Hold Steady were actually half as exciting a band as their well-disciplined cadre of journalistic advocates would like them to be....
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