Action Action - An Army of Shapes Between Wars
The problem with the recent success of retro 80’s electronic bands like [tag]The Killers[/tag] and [tag]Interpol[/tag] is the army of sub par bands who try to slipstream their way on to the charts. Such is the case with this tepid disc from Action Action. [tag]Cliche[/tag] bass lines and awful ‘high-tech for 1978″ Casio keyboard blips make me remember exactly what I didn’t like about a lot of actual 80’s bands.
The lead singer affects a faux british accent in what may well be the worst [tag]Elvis Costello[/tag] impression in recorded history. Only one song on this hour long snorefest stands out as anything that I might actually leave on my iPod, “The Game” has a bit of a recognizable hook and isn’t totally insipid. This disc’s saving grace is a very cool art concept on the cover, but even that is a rip off of the character Mirage from The Incredibles.
