Editorial Reviews If Me isn't as consistent as some of the cult faves mentioned above, it still inventively synthesizes samples, psychedelia, folk, and Cajun music into a whole that is uniquely Mekons. The garage-rockin' "Enter the Lists" disintegrates bit by bit into everyone-get-a-slice cacophony, and the hoedown "Whiskey Sex Shack" contains hilarious monologing, recalling earlier storysongs like "Psycho Cupid." Strange for a band with such literary acumen, the best cuts on Me are largely lyric-free: "Mirror," a stunner that combines breathy vocals, droning didge, and manic "nyah-nyah-nyahs" to underscore the disc's theme of generational selfishness with minimum effort, and the brazen "Thunder," where Sally Timms moans ominously while the group bangs a gong, and once again, gets it on. --Don Harrison
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With a little Devils & Piggies for oil, a bit of curse from Curse of the Mekons on the dash, and a heapin' helpin' of Fun 90 in the van fridge, Me functions as an engine check for an ensemble made up of the same members who tooled the seminal Fear and Whiskey over a decade ago.
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[T]he real clue to the album's intent is in its title. [Some of the] Mekons are ex-pat Brits living in America now, strangers in a very strange land.... They see a country full of people obsessed with themselves ... at its best, it's full of tunes that showcase the Mekons' swaying folk-rock, a fiddle-driven pop with languid, hummable choruses (like "Gin & It"). Some of the weirder, art-damaged moments include ... the very first track ("Enter the Lists"), a song in which... read more