There’s a reason I don’t always like to read the bios that bands
\nand labels send me (despite the fact I ask for them). Sometimes,
\nwhat I read scares me away from a particular band or a particular
\ndisc. I don’t exactly remember what it was in the biography for the
\nLos Angeles-based group Tyrants In Therapy, but it immediately made
\nme think of “performance art”. When I think of performance art, I
\nthink of someone cramming dog food up their ass while hanging
\nweights from their nipples and reading poetry that would make
\nStuart Smalley jump off the roof of the Sears Tower. Kind of
\nreminds me of a girl I used to date in college, but that’s telling
\nyou a little more than I want you to know…<\/p>\n
Sometimes, my fears are proven right… but not this time. Their
\ndisc
\nMeet The Tyrants In Therapy<\/i> is a surprisingly charming
\nlittle collection that merges Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, disco and
\nDavid Bowie all into one package. I never expected to like this
\ndisc, and I like it… a lot.<\/p>\n
Our main conspirators in crime, Abbe Kanter and The Tyrant
\nMichael, musically prance around like Richard Simmons at a rave
\nparty, trying to get the energy kicked up just one more notch. It
\nwould be comical if they weren’t so good at what they do – and the
\nfact of the matter is, Tyrants In Therapy are a lot smarter than
\nthe average listener would expect.<\/p>\n
Oh, sure, there’s the lighter moments like the English language
\nversion of “Je T’aime (Moi Non Plus)” and the 16-second interlude
\n“Doubt & Pain,” but for the most part, Tyrants In Therapy are
\nhere to work, and work is what they do. Tracks like “Boy,” “Om
\nShanti Om” (enjoyable in both its mixes presented here) and “Sex Is
\nBack” (delivered almost in a Madonna-becomes-newscaster style by
\nKanter) get you up and dancing while keeping your mind involved
\nwith the music and lyrics being provided by the band. Even covers
\nof songs like “Anna (Go To Him)” are made interesting.<\/p>\n
Songs with titles like “In The Shadow Of Hitler” and “Yer No
\nJack Kennedy” might leave listeners thinking that Tyrants In
\nTherapy are a novelty band – and while they do enjoy moments of
\nlevity (especially noted in the interludes not even listed on the
\nCD case), they mean business. Fortunately – for the band and for us
\n–
\nMeet The Tyrants In Therapy<\/i> almost constantly delivers.<\/p>\n
The only moments of weakness come on a cover of “Them Kinda
\nMonkeys Can’t Swing” and one interlude talking about love of a
\nlarge, aah, male appendage. (I could have seen this one as an intro
\nor outro of “Sex Is Back,” but not placed where it was on the
\nalbum.)<\/p>\n
\nMeet The Tyrants In Therapy<\/i> proved to be a more pleasant
\nintroduction to this group than I had expected – and now I’m glad
\nto say I know the band and their music. Chances are this disc will
\nthrill you as well.<\/p>\n
2001 Christopher Thelen and “The Daily Vault”. All rights
\nreserved. Review or any portion may not be reproduced without
\nwritten permission. Cover art is the intellectual property of
\nEmotional Coathanger Records, and is used for informational
\npurposes only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6554],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-36997","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-tyrants-in-therapy","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36997"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36997"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}