Sweet Nectar
Tired Face in Clown Paint
Reviewed by Billy Holmes
The Sweet Nectar debut Tired Face in Clown Paint is the sort of hard rock album you'd play at a college art exhibit. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you; it's just that the guys in Sweet Nectar seem determined to make their record as inaccessible as possible without making it just plain bad. Pop melodies are turned inside out, time signatures are dissected, and only most of the lyrics are in English. A song like "Flatland Diggs" proves they have the chops to sell out, but with disturbing lyrics that challenge the listener to think. A sweet and strange debut.