Album: A Toast to Bad Taste
Artist: Far-Less
Websites: Official and MySpace

Fellow rock addicts, meet Far-Less—your new best friend. Six musicians make up this fine group - Brandon Welch, Jordan Powers, Mark Karsten, Joseph Powers, Elizabeth Pina, and Todd Turner - and together, they bring you a most brilliant collection of songs in their second album, A Toast to Bad Taste.

The sixteen tracks that form this musical composition are astonishingly personal and truly interesting. Going beyond the scope of simple catchiness, nothing here is mundane or half-baked. There is, on the contrary, a great deal of honesty and refreshing originality coloring the songs, making for a nice change of pace on the rock scene.

Thankfully, the lyrics aren't fluffed up to a sappy or cheesy level - they are unreserved, unpretentious, and genuine. Even lyrical glimpses such as: I would dig and dig and dig / 'Til I was abstract / I'm not myself again / And who will miss us when we're gone? / Only time will tell... and You see it's coming, but you can't look past it / You know it's useless, but you keep on asking / So take the time and take the life I've been given / I need a different rhythm / We, we all, we all belong down here... from "It's Not Me, It's You" and "Surprise Funeral (For The Charmed)", respectively, give a sense of the album's depth.

Instrumentally, A Toast to Bad Taste has plenty to offer. The guitar riffs are unique, catchy and performed with obvious talent and style. Those in "A Thin Line" and the title track "A Toast to Bad Taste" (and many more) are enough to make listening guitarists jealous.

A couple songs feature keys instead of guitar, and they tie in perfectly with the rest of the album. The drums and rhythms pull everything together, creating a really tight sound, that is neither overdone nor boringly unvaried.

Creating undisguised music, emotionally raw and exceptionally witty, Far-Less makes a bold step in breaking the ice of musical mediocrity. As a result of its invigorating authenticity, don't be surprised if you find yourself listening to A Toast to Bad Taste for hours on end - it is surely deserving.

In these sixteen tracks of rock savvy, I have no complaints.

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