The Interrogator

アメリカはワシントンD.C,より着実に人気を獲得しているエリザベス・ネルソン主導の一人ユニット パラノイド・スタイル。パワー・ポップ伝説DB'Sのギタリストで、R.E.Mのサポートを務めたピーター・ホルサップル参加の新作『THE INTERROGATOR』をリリース!

"PRINT THE LEGEND"のDB'S印な爽やか愉快一色な陽気ギターと、スカっとするエリザベスのヴォーカルスタイルで聴いた人誰しもがテンション上がる事間違い無しなナンバー!絶妙な疾走感も分かってる!一方"I LOVE THE SOUND OF STRUCTURED CLASS"のじっくりコトコト煮るようなテンションのロックも有りで変幻自在なオルタナを楽しめます!

所々で80'sな空気感を出す本作を是非!

After forming in 2012, the Paranoid Style set a raw, tuneful, playfully disgruntled tone for their articulate, reference-filled takes on art, politics, and society right from the get-go. Meanwhile, stylistically, the band have wrangled garage punk, classic indie pop, early rock & roll riffs, glam influences, and more, and fourth album The Interrogator is no different on all the above counts. Led by singer and main songwriter Elizabeth Nelson and her spouse, Timothy Bracy (founding member of the Mendoza Line), the project has welcomed numerous support rockers into the lineup over the years, and The Interrogator features singer/songwriter William Matheny (keyboards/guitar) and the dBs Peter Holsapple (lead guitar) among its official personnel. If any of that sounds intriguing, it only gets better with guests like Will Rigby (the dBs), Matt Douglas (the Mountain Goats), and Lisa Walker (Wussy), the latter of whom provides backing vocals on songs including "Print the Legend," an organ-accompanied, Tex-Mex-flavored ditty about truth versus perception ("Print the legend and believe its true"). That song was inspired by the works of one of Nelsons heroes, Joe Ely, and involves a tale of low-wage workers Sidewalk Sidney and Jill Collins, who get involved in a hold-up. The grungier "I Love the Sound of Structured Class" is a satire on social order, "Styles Make Fights" opts for horn-embellished late-50s grooves to name-check music publication Pitchfork (for whom Nelson has written), and the bouncier "The Return of the Molly Maguires" is a blues-rock-flavored entry with lyrical music references like "The boys are back in town" and "Sympathy for the devil is the last of your concerns." Nelson has worked as a literacy consultant for an educational nonprofit, and her rapid-fire lyrics, while crystal clear audibly and offering easy-to-follow surface-level narratives, can be nearly impossible to contextualize in real time, so its best to embrace the rollicking rhythms and enjoy the ride (and whatever happens to register). Rare exceptions to those lively rhythms include the twangy ballad "Are You Loathsome Tonight?" and closer "The Findings," which leaves listeners on a delay-heavy dressing-down ("Youd be the scariest thing in The Shining/And those are the findings"). Taken together, The Interrogator is definitive Paranoid Style and, as such, sure to be a boon for fans as well as an excellent test case for the uninitiated. ~ Marcy Donelson