Sometimes I just look at an album and whimper to myself "God I'm gonna hate this" before I even rip the plastic off of it. Morningwood is one of those albums. I hate to be that judge mental about a CD that you know some nice people probably put a lot of hard work into, but you folks have to know what I'm talking about. I mean really, did you have to physically go to the theatre and see Son Of The Mask last year to know it was going to suck? No! You took one look at the trailer or poster and said "not if my life depended on it." That's how I feel about this band. Their stupid name, that stupid album cover with those four stupid posing wankers on the front of it, a sticker on the front with stupid MTV's "you heard it here first" seal of approval, stupid song titles like "Nu Rock" and "Everybody Rules". SIGH…..lets just get this over with quick shall we?

Morningwood (GOD what an awful band name) consists of four douchebags. 23- year old lead singer Chantel Claret is new to this music business, but former members of The Wallflowers (bass playing douche) Spacehog (guitar playing douche) and Cibo Matto (drummer douche) should know better than this. While listening to this drivel, it plainly screams to me that these guys would sell there soul for radio airplay; that or a doughnut (mmmmmm…forbidden doughnut). Claret couldn't carry a tune if it came with a handle, and producer Gil Norton (of Pixies and Foo Fighters fame who should also know better) doesn't do much to help her out either. Musically, this album is slicker than snot. A few of the guitar licks are great, but it's just SOOOO overproduced that you just want to stick your finger down your throat. Personally I'm surprised Norton didn't pull an Alan Smithee and just take his name off this album all together. This album is so ridiculously awful that I bet first single "Nth Degree" makes it onto VH1's top 20 video countdown and MTV's TRL within a month. Any takers? On a happier note, I'm proud to announce that this CD makes a nice coaster for my frosty mug, and I can scrape the frost off my windshield with the case - so at least I've got that going for me now.