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FINGER -ST ( pre-punk sloppiness of the New York Dolls melded with the refinement of Hanoi Rocks.) CD
SKYCLAD2000 REISSUE OF E.F.'S 1998 LIVE ON WFMU ALBUM. inger (the American album reprises five cuts from the British seven-songer) is worth searching for, worth owning and doubly worth preserving. Led by singer/guitarist Brad Rice, the band demonstrates an uncanny ability to shift comfortably into and out of a number of musical styles without losing any of its identity as a sharp, learned and elastic-tight 4 4 rockÕnÕroll band. The opening ÒAliceÓ sounds a bit like the pre-punk sloppiness of the New York Dolls melded with the refinement of Hanoi Rocks. On ÒDaddy-Oh,Ó FingerÕs reference point is the sort of slovenly southern college rock associated with Athens, Georgia. From there, songs like ÒDrive ByÓ and ÒVesselÓ head into the kind of straight-on, sincere and unfettered bashÕnÕcrash bands like the Goo Goo Dolls hie to. Two years in the (sporadic) making, Finger is a near-perfect blend of tremendous songwriting and a gritty, muddy recording quality that keeps everything honest.