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Moist burst onto the scene at the height of the mid-90s power rock surge, balancing soft moments with righteous explosions of noise and weighty lyrics. For 1996's Creature disc, the follow-up to the band's wildly successful Silver album, Moist checked into Quebec's posh Studio Morin Heights with Rush/I Mother Earth producer Paul Northfield. The result was a much larger-sounding record but one still built around the trademark Moist mix of hard-rocking pop songs and slow-burning ballads like "Leave It Alone." As ever, the most interesting and powerful element is the soaring vocals of singer David Usher. Ultimately, though, it's this same singing, and Usher's limited range--he goes from a quiet whisper to a full-throated roar with nothing in between--that holds Moist back. Creature sounds like a bigger Silver, but that's about all. --Matt Galloway
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Particular Method of Mourning,
By Geek "points of interest" (toronto) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Creature (Audio CD)
Though Matt Galloway's capsule review longs for something "more" from the band, and finds them "limited" by the range of their singer, David Usher, I believe the actual truth about this album is that it is perfectly fit into the "niche" that it is meant for. Yes, this is the case with most adored bands panned by critics, as the critic looks for something which was never meant to be there -- the kind of variety displayed by bands that the world of critics see as touchstones. But Moist didn't want to be Beatles, Stones, or Frank Sinatra, they simply wanted to indulge in a certain type of grief-stricken depression.All the lyrical allusions to death and mourning on this album and Silver illustrate the raison d'etre of the band at this point -- to give voice to the angry, crying voice of desperation inside all (or at least some) of us. What Moist did was rock hard and package their depression in a wallop of a sound so powerful that they could get by on just their groove, were it not for the poetic lyrics and compelling subject matter they wrote about. "I laid your arms out long and twisted there, and shaped what I could find," are examples of lyrics from 'Leave it Alone', a song about some kind of morbid ending where the singer finds someone "scattered by the highway side", and has to gather "the pieces up and clean the places where you were undone". For a hit single (a popular one), it's an incredibly morbid subject matter. That was Moist's stock in trade, and that's what this album was about. And the band pulled it off beautifully.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another Great Canadian Band,
By Chris (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Creature (Audio CD)
First off, don't believe the incorrect and false comparisons to bands like Third Eye Blind, Tonic and Matchbox 20. Moist isn't even remotely within the same wavelength as those wannabe rock bands. This is high-quality rock music. David Usher's modest, sincere yet almost fondly deranged vocal style make this album stand out from that previous to this release. The superb guitar style and musical composition also a factor on this hard, edgy release. There really isn't a bad track on the album. The standouts and best tracks are the big singles "Leave It Alone" "Resurrection" and "Tangerine" but tracks like "Creature" "Shotgun" and "Ophelia" deserve acclaim and recognition as well. "Disco Days" is very soft and disturbing in a wonderful way. The piano brings the emotion out with every firmly pressed key. It is definitely worth purchasing if you like strong and powerful rock music, but if you're expecting something along the lines of the bands mentioned above, then this probably isn't what you're looking to hear.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Could it be any averager?,
By mr_bunghole (Toronto) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Creature (Audio CD)
What can I say? There is absolutely nothing bad about this CD, and at the same time there is absolutely nothing very good about it either. From the angst-ridden 'Hate', the discordant brass of the title track, the acoustic bleakness of 'Gasoline', to 'Better Than You', this CD is too often bogged down in mediocrity. David Usher's distinct and pleasant voice helps give the band their own identity, but musically, there is very little originality or complexity overall. There are undoubtedly some decent-sounding songs in the lot - 'Leave It Alone', 'Shotgun', 'Baby Skin Tattoo' among them - but ultimately there isn't enough to set the band apart from other bands of its kind. Too often is the band compared to the likes of I Mother Earth and Our Lady Peace, and upon listening to this, I can't help to think that those comparisons are justified. Not a bad CD by any stretch of the imagination, but the band is much more talented than what's demonstrated here.
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