A bitter battle was waged last summer. A battle that would
\nconsume all of the time and energy of those involved; a battle
\nbetween the good hearted and those who wished to squash the wills
\nof those who wanted to succeed merely because they were evil; a
\nbattle between Alison and her boss.<\/p>\n
In fact, the battle was waged over a simple little music
\nfestival in Seattle, called Bumbershoot, which Alison desperately
\nwanted to attend due to the fact that one of the bands she had
\nloved for a long time, the Posies, were playing there. Her boss, on
\nthe other hand, felt that there was no need for this frivolity; he,
\ninstead, demanded that she spend at least 12 hours of that day in
\nfront of a computer doing nothing remotely useful to the company
\n(unlike, of course, the very useful stuff she usually did).<\/p>\n
So, inside the electronic dungeon, Alison pined away for the
\nPosies. Little did she know that that pining would be only followed
\nby remorse and anger when she found, later that month, that the
\nBumbershoot show was her last opportunity to see the band – they
\nhad broken up! (No!!!!!!!!!!!!!)<\/p>\n
This break up, though, was pre-empted by the release of the
\nPosies fifth and final album, ironically titled
\nSuccess<\/i>. (Their first album, also on the same label, was
\ncalled
\nFailure<\/i>; the other 3 were released on a different label.
\nTalk about cyclical.) So, Alison was somewhat saved… although she
\nwas still bitter.<\/p>\n
\nAmazing Disgrace<\/i>, the Posies’ previous offering, marked a
\nsomewhat dramatic change in the band’s sound and musical attitude;
\ntheir sweet poppy sound, underlined by dark and sometimes sarcastic
\nlyrics, was replaced by bitter ranting and blunt disgust for the
\nmusic industry itself. The album earned itself a “Parental Warning”
\nsticker for two songs: “Everybody Is A Fucking Liar” and “Ontario”
\n(which features the word “shit”). This was definitely a surprise
\nfor anyone expecting something remotely similar to “Dream All Day,”
\none of the Posies biggest hits and a single from the previous
\nalbum,
\nFrosting On The Beater<\/i>, which, well, didn’t contain any
\nswearing or overtly negative emotions at all.<\/p>\n
\nSuccess<\/i>, sound-wise, is more reminiscent of the days before
\nAmazing Disgrace<\/i>. Once again, the songs sound sweeter and
\nare not as obviously angry. That is not to say, though, that they
\nlost the edge developed during that one furious album; songs like
\n“Looking Lost” have that hard-rock guitar rift which just screams
\n“I am NOT HAPPY!”<\/p>\n
The saddest thing that one realizes when listening to this album
\nis that the Posies, who perfected the sweet sentiment (even if it
\nwas a bitter one), aren’t going to be around anymore. “You’re The
\nBeautiful One,” which clocks in at almost six minutes, is a long,
\nbittersweet, wonderful ode. This song makes me want to cry every
\ntime I hear it. “There’s no kiss; no kiss I’d trade for you \/
\nthere’s no kiss; no disciple I wouldn’t betray for you \/ you’re the
\nbeautiful one, of course you knew\u2026” Oh boy, if I could only
\nmake you know how that sounds, people. Go find a RealAudio stream.
\nI mean it.<\/p>\n
Even worse, who else in the world is going to write a love song
\nabout a typewriter?! (“Farewell Typewriter”) It hurts, man.<\/p>\n
The main question that people have had since the breakup of the
\nband, and especially after listening to the pure genius that is
\nmost of this record, is “Why?” There is no real competition in the
\nmusic arena for the genre that the Posies covered. The only other
\none which comes to mind is Toad The Wet Sprocket, and look! They
\nbroke up too! It’s a conspiracy against power pop!<\/p>\n
Overall, if you love the Posies, you will love this album. Even
\nif you don’t like the Posies, I think you’ll find this album pretty
\ndamn good. The album encompasses all of the changes the band has
\nmade during the years; now it’s time to wave goodbye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":27509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7275],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-38883","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-posies","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38883","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38883"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}