When the Vaselines got back together triumphantly in 2008 to play live shows, that was nothing short of miraculous. When they followed it up with the rambunctious and fun album Sex with an X in 2010, that was also pretty special. Now in 2014, with the release of their second post-comeback album V for Vaselines, a significant portion of the magic has worn off. It's hard to sustain that warm and fuzzy feeling of a successful reunion for long, especially when the band sticks around and keeps making music. Frances and Eugene give it a strong effort, but the album sounds more like a Eugene Kelly with Frances McKee album than it does a Vaselines album. The songs are more earthbound and thoughtful, the sound is heavier and cleaner, the duo's vocals are sweetened more than in the past, and it's even more adult-sounding than Sex with an X.

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At least that album was favored by a scrappy, energetic sound courtesy of the band's original producer, Jamie Watson, that harked back to their early records. This time out, Kelly is behind the dials and he seems more interested in capturing the grunge-inspired feel of the first Eugenius album. The overly processed sound is punchy and full, but sands off a few too many of the rough edges that are part and parcel of the Vaselines legacy. All that being said, this is still a good Kelly and McKee album that features quite a few songs with great singsong hooks ('High Tide Low Tide,' 'The Lonely LP') and a couple nice ballads that show the band mellowing sweetly ('Single Spies,' 'Last Half Hour').

Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Download E License more. It also has a song ('Inky Lies') about politics, though, and that's not really why anyone listens to the Vaselines. Another song ('Crazy Lady') trots out some lazy lyrical conceits and sounds far too polite. In fact, that's really the big problem with the album. It's far too constrained and competent feeling, with every instrument playing exactly what it should be playing, every vocal placed perfectly in the mix, and everything sounding like perfectly normal and sedate rock music. Again, as a Kelly and McKee album, fine and understandable.

As a Vaselines album, V can't help but be disappointing. None of the unpredictable magic they used to be able to conjure, in the distant past and on Sex with an X, is on display, and they seem to be resigned to the fact that they are just a good rock band now. Whether that's enough for longtime lovers of the band is a question that each lover will have to wrestle with in his or her own fashion.

~ Tim Sendra. The Vaselines broke up in 1989 just after the release of their only album, Dum Dum. The split was partly due to the members Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee splitting as a couple, partly down to not seeing a place for themselves in the music industry. Despite a brief reunion shortly after their demise to play a couple shows in support of Nirvana (Kurt Cobain was rather famously a huge fan of the band), the split seemed very final. Jump ahead almost 20 years to 1998 and a call from Sub Pop. The label, which had reissued the band’s work in 1992 with The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History, was throwing itself a huge party for its 20th anniversary and wanted the Vaselines to appear.

Kelly and McKee said yes. The Sub Pop show and a couple others went well and they decided to do an album. After a year of writing songs and a couple weeks of recording, the record fans of the band never thought would appear, appeared. With backing from Stevie Jackson and Bob Kildea of Belle & Sebastian and production from old cohort Jamie Watson, the album certainly sounds like a Vaselines record. Slightly cleaned up but still very simple and direct, Sex with an X is filled with wryly humorous tunes that sport extremely catchy singalong choruses.

There may be less danger, drugs, and silly sex in the sound and lyrics, but that’s probably to be expected. Aplikasi Wifi For Pc. Thankfully, there’s far less maturity on hand than one might have feared. Kelly and McKee still gleefully take on religion, relationships, and sex, but it’s with a lighter touch and a bit more restraint. Instead of “Monsterpussy,” we get “Mouth to Mouth.” While fans of teenage smut may feel a slight letdown, that’s really not the Vaselines' problem. They realized it would sound weird to try to write the same kind of songs as middle-aged solid citizens and they show they can still be sexy and fun without being silly and scandalous. Lyrics aside, the important things is that the songs are as catchy as kissing disease and way more fun. Throw 'Mouth to Mouth,' 'I Hate the 80’s,' the title track, and 'Such a Fool' on a mixtape and they’ll be instant highlights.