The Fed Pennies - Brain Disaster [Album]

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March 20, 2009, 11:59 AM

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I must be going crazy. One day, I swear, there's a picture of two Fed Pennies standing next to Josh Homme (of Queens Of The Stone Age - QOTSA, for those of you who know absolutely nothing) on their MySpace, the next... nothing. Not a trace. I feel a bit like Angelina Jolie in Changeling, because the image has been replaced by a photo of the Fed Pennies playing acoustically. Let me tell you, The Fed Pennies are least acoustic band since Slipknot. Having said that, an acoustic Slipknot gig would be amazing.

I'm not saying that The Fed Pennies are metal, not at all, I'm just saying that this particular brand of high-powered hard rock doesn't easily lend itself to unplugged sessions. Then again, Nirvana did it fine. Why can't Fed Pennies? Well, they obviously can.

This is probably because Fed Pennies are clearly pretty good musicians. Unfortunately, they don't appear to be particularly original musicians. Brain Disaster is basically QOTSA's Songs For The Deaf rounded up and smashed back out. Please Kill Me is the new A Song For The Dead, Air Guitar is Go With The Flow repackaged, Bastard is You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar without the inestimable talents of Nick Oliveri, Leather Coat is... you get the picture.

That doesn't mean, however, that The Fed Pennies haven't made a good album. There's still some good, inventive stuff in there, it's just that the whole feel of the thing isn't anything new. And it's good, really good, bone-crunching, beer-drinking, intelligent rock. Think of Brain Disaster as you would a pint of, say, Carling. It's not quite as good as Fosters, or Peroni, or whatever, but it's more than good enough to drink.

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