Austinist: Austinist CD Reviews: The Locust & Trans Am

md

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:26:30 -0600

Dear "Almight [sic] Dollar," Are you trying to tell me you had nothing better to do at 10:40 on a Friday night than fact-check my stupid capsule reviews? If you weren't able to make fun of my name in a sub-kindergarten manner I wouldn't be able to take you seriously at all. At least tell me you had some porn open in another tab ;)

Almight Dollar

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:40:52 -0600

Dimwitt, The Am has been banging it out fer years, in contrast to yer new Vice Records circle-jerk faves. Seriously, a little research is in order. Their high water mark was Future World, back around 2001, I believe … Great stuff.

md

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:00:55 -0600

I did some cursory research (on the Emo's show-bio thingy, unfortunately) and somehow or other got the feeling that they'd only been around since 2000. Apologies if I inadvertantly misled anyone--in hindsight that would've made my position a lot clearer. I do want to check out some of their older stuff, but I'm sorry, the first half of Sex Change does sound a little bandwagonesque.

Tyler

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:22:38 -0600

What this Trans Am review really lacks is any sense of context. "Sex Change" is the band's 8th album, and should really be considered in terms of the evolution of their output. 120 Days, meanwhile, has only one album out; their sound bears very little resemblance to Trans Am.