Blues Traveler
Suzie Cracks The Whip
429 Records / Universal
Over
the past 25 years, Blues Traveler have traversed almost every genre imaginable,
all whilst rooted in a happy, sing-a-long variety of ‘90s acoustic guitar-laced
pop, which has been nice.
With
their 11th studio record though, it seems they’ve been side-swiped
and so have descended into the mire of 2012 pop, courtesy, methinks, of S*A*M
& Sluggo, producers here, who have sandpapered the ragged corners and
reduced a solid, rough-around-the-edges band to the same level as the rest of
the great unwashed. Despite the
band’s dalliances with reggae, country and blues here, it’s not enough to cut
through the sheen, it’s just not Blues Traveler. And that’s not
nice.
Samuel J. Fell
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