{"id":41771,"date":"2009-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/things-you-should-leave-alone\/"},"modified":"2009-11-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T00:00:00","slug":"things-you-should-leave-alone","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/things-you-should-leave-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Things You Should Leave Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spotting a derivative act is never too hard. And for one as obvious as Puracane, even a tiny glimpse of their debut Things You Should Leave Alone<\/i> is enough to reveal their obvious recycling of ideas from the British trip-hop legacy. Blindly pick a number from the album and it hints (if not howls) of duplicity \u2013 so much so that even singer Ali Rogers\u2019 actual British accent sounds (unfortunately) concocted. \u201cBig Day\u201d has \u201c6 Underground\u201d (Sneaker Pimps) written all over it, \u201cAnyone Else\u201d could be some random cut from Dummy<\/i> (Portishead), and \u201c14 Nights\u201d represents a typical song by just about any band hailing from Bristol<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>. And the coerced record scratches? Lame.<\/p>\n

For an album so tainted with borrowed ideas, TYSLA<\/i>, however, doesn\u2019t fall prey to the demons of plagiarism completely. In spite of the duo\u2019s lack of originality, it is impossible to overlook their talent. When she is not trying to suffer the travails of Beth Gibbons, Rogers can be something of a wonderful singer with a voice of her own. The perkiness and outright charming jauntiness in her interpretation of the Jane\u2019s Addiction song \u201cSummertime Rolls\u201d is refreshingly exciting. The peppy music completes the job by totally bludgeoning the original and creating a fabulous new clubby version of it. <\/p>\n

While Puracane lives in the shadows of other acts, during lots of moments on this disc they also find an identity of their own \u2013 that is, when they cuts themselves loose from the entanglement of trip-hop. Songs in the key of the brilliant \u201cSummertime Rolls\u201d \u2013 simple and upbeat dancy numbers \u2013 bring out the greatness in its members. Rogers\u2019 carefree vocals, not bound by her efforts to force a particular style, and fellow bandmate David Biegel\u2019s knack for writing catchy melodies, with his modest yet meticulous production approach, are the ingredients for some of the best cuts on the album: \u201c100 Of Me,\u201d \u201cNot Today,\u201d \u201cThings You Should Leave Alone.\u201d <\/p>\n

It\u2019s when Rogers and Biegel try to fashion a dark and moody sound that they end up sounding like odd trip-hop wannabes. However, when Puracane are their own selves, they come across as a temperamental \u2013 but not so dismal and gloomy \u2013 dance act: not exactly hardcore trip-hop material, but at least credible and extremely enjoyable.
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