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The title of Electric Six’s new album wields one of the most impressive names I’ve ever come across. I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master(or ISEEAMTRMFBTM as I shall fondly refer to it), is a fantastic ride on an intense electro-rock train. The genre its listed as rock but after tasting the first three songs of the album its easy to tell that to call call this a rock album is clearly a restricting mislabel. In the tunes they play the Electric Six exhibit elements of techno, electric, garage, and punk. The ISEEAMTRMFBTM album contains a listing of sixteen tracks all of which have names that closely rival the curiosity of the album name. Highlights and my favorite tracks are listed below in bold text.

1. “It’s Showtime!” 1:53
2. “Down at McDonnellzzzzz” 4:01
3. “Dance Pattern” 3:41
4. “Rip It!” 3:37
5. “Feed My Fuckin’ Habit” 2:11
6. “Riding On The White Train” 2:48
7. “Broken Machine” 3:16
8. “When I Get To The Green Building” 3:54
9. “Randy’s Hot Tonight” 3:04
10. “Kukuxumushu” 3:51
11. “I Don’t Like You” 2:53
12. “Lucifer Airlines” 2:49
13. “Lenny Kravitz” 3:06
14. “Fabulous People” 2:27
15. “Sexy Trash” 2:08
16. “Dirty Looks” 4:46

While on the topic of numbers and listings, it’s important to note that the duration of the CD is uncommonly impressive in these days with albums that barely push 35 minutes. ISEEAMTRMFBTM clocks in at 50:33 minutes.

After 50+ minutes of listening to this album for quite some time I believe one of the best ways to approach reviewing this album is to point out its shortcomings. To start off my largest gripe about this album is the lacking of musical diversity within each track. In any given song the repetition of certain chorus lines and musical ideas tends to grow annoying as time and repetition go on. So while there are large difference in the music between tracks once you listen to a perticular song for any prolonged duration of time the lack of change tends to become slightly irritating. Great examples of the problematic lack in track dynamics can be found by listening to the songs”Dance Pattern” and “Broken Machine”.

Speaking of problems, the only other one that I have with ISEEAMTRMFBTM is the brevity of its various musical ideas. Wha?! Sure I’m being picky, but there are quite a few good musical ideas in the album that could/should have been more throughly explored. As they stand now, some of the songs have a rather half-baked feel to them. If these musical ideas would have been elaborated on, in my opinion, the album would have had a more complete and full sound overall. Some of the tracks I believe could have been, (and would liked to have seen), explored farther are “Fabulous People” and “It’s Showtime”.

Enough with the cons now onto the reasons why I and perhaps you will love this album. ITS HIGH ENERGY! and unique sound is not only fun to move to but exciting to listen to as well. Using instruments such as the vox, saxophone, synthesizer, clarinet, and piano, on top of the traditional guitars, bass, and drums the Electric Six’s creation has a very unique and attractive sound that’s sure to be a hit with any individual that enjoys rock, electric, or even disco style music.

So if you’ve taken a listen and have a few comments about the album be sure to hit up the comment box box box to share your thoughts.

So, I found a bit of noise that some of you might enjoy. Personally I fancy the record and in my opinion the tracks to pay attention to would have to be 2, 6, 8, and 10. The fact that these are all even numbers is purely coincidence. Oh and finding this oddity in a physical CD format has proven quite the challenge, so if your looking to buy something more substantial then a few mp3’s it would be best not to get your hopes up. Enjoy!