Oh by the way, which one's Pink?
When I first heard Wolfmother I knew the band would blow the fuck up, but I figured I had time before the shows consistently sold out and every music snob had em loaded up on their iPod Nanos or whatever. I figured they’d suffer through the inevitable sophomore slump, retool for a year and return with a triumphal third album. Then maybe they’d catch on.
I severely underestimated the hype machine that is the 21st century music industry.
The cat’s out of the bag now. Wolfmother is touring like crazy, their music was featured on The OC (I know, I know), they’re doing spots on Adult Swim, and the noise in the blogging echo chamber is damned near deafening. Predictably, the powers that be are packaging “Woman,” a competent but bread-and-butter Rock-n-Roll number, as “the hit single.” Philistines. It’s enough to make me wanna crank The Spirit of Radio or Have a Cigar up to, like, eleven.
So if you haven’t already heard it from your friends in the know, the US release of Wolfmother’s eponymous album drops tomorrow. Interestingly, Tool’s new album is also coming out tomorrow. Is this synchronicity or just shrewd marketing?
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