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Rock
Release Date: 04/03/2001
It's tempting to compare
Mr. Airplane Man to
the White Stripes because both bands consist of just two people, have toured together, and crank out a brand of trashy
blues that owes as much to the Delta as to Detroit (where
the White Stripes reside and
Mr. Airplane Man recorded their follow-up,
Moanin'). The comparison works better in theory than in practice, however, as these women --
Margaret Garrett (guitar) and
Tara McManus (drums) -- actually sound more like a female
Gories or a grungier
Holly Golightly. And
Garrett's vocal style owes more to
Kim Gordon (who also covered
the Stooges'
"I Wanna Be Your Dog" with
Sonic Youth) or fellow Bostonian
Thalia Zedek than the sweeter-sounding
Golightly (who can kick up quite the
blues ruckus, as well). It's also because
Jeffrey Evans' production is pretty murky (the album was recorded at his home studio in Memphis). This rawness, which isn't far removed from
Evans' work with his own band,
68 Comeback, gives the proceedings an authentic down-home feel, which, in and of itself, isn't such a bad thing, but a little extra polish would only help to seal the deal. In any case, these spirited
Howlin' Wolf devotees show great promise on their
Sympathy for the Record Industry debut, foretelling even better things to come in the future.
~Kathleen C. Fennessy, All Music Guide
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