HorrorPops: Bring It On!
CML call number: CD/ROCK/Horrorpops
J.R. Taylor wrote in the New York Press: "[I]t's perfectly understandable if nobody first took the Horrorpops seriously. To be fair, it was no great loss when Kim Nekroman ditched his veteran psychobilly band to start a tamer offshoot. His commercial hopes … had certainly become more viable with the presence of frontwoman Patricia Day. She was upfront and center with her standup bass on the cover of Hell Yeah! and seemingly as generic as the album title. … But there was no denying that Day could sing, howl and let loose like a tortured cat. … Between her vocal talents and the popabilly slant, the Horrorpops['] big achievement was mustering up a small window of likeability. Then we got the unexpected greatness of Bring It On! last year. … The Horrorpops have ignored their bad press amongst rockabilly purists and are keeping it lite in their punk-pop antics. Nekroman remains an ace guitarist — alongside Geoff Kresge — and Day has obviously been practicing her own stage prop. The new songs also offer enough atmosphere to do justice to the frontwoman's voice" ("The Notorious Patricia Day," 4/19-25/06).
J.R. Taylor wrote in the New York Press: "[I]t's perfectly understandable if nobody first took the Horrorpops seriously. To be fair, it was no great loss when Kim Nekroman ditched his veteran psychobilly band to start a tamer offshoot. His commercial hopes … had certainly become more viable with the presence of frontwoman Patricia Day. She was upfront and center with her standup bass on the cover of Hell Yeah! and seemingly as generic as the album title. … But there was no denying that Day could sing, howl and let loose like a tortured cat. … Between her vocal talents and the popabilly slant, the Horrorpops['] big achievement was mustering up a small window of likeability. Then we got the unexpected greatness of Bring It On! last year. … The Horrorpops have ignored their bad press amongst rockabilly purists and are keeping it lite in their punk-pop antics. Nekroman remains an ace guitarist — alongside Geoff Kresge — and Day has obviously been practicing her own stage prop. The new songs also offer enough atmosphere to do justice to the frontwoman's voice" ("The Notorious Patricia Day," 4/19-25/06).
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