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    Vue — Babies Are for Petting cover

    Vue

    Babies Are for Petting

    (2003)

    Reviewed by Nate Bailey

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    Label RCA RecordsDecapolisSeptember 2003
    blues rockgarage rockpunk

    Vue is currently signed with RCA with whom they've released an EP "Babies are for Petting." They are from San Francisco.

    Embracing a variety of styles such as psychobilly, punk, and the blues, Vue's garage style assault of stripped down songs contain a little bit of everything. There are strong leads, undistorted guitar, harmonica, and keyboard. While the first two songs are easy, fun listens, the subsequent three become mired down and boring. It's not that the loss of tempo puts you to sleep, but the songs just lose their dynamics and become repetitious. The recording style is the rough and tumble sound that we've become accustomed to with bands such as The Hives and The White Stripes. Should Vue be able to trim the fat, they might have a good thing going here.

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