Allan’s World of Music

Quitzow’s Art College was released on June 10th on independent label Young Love Records. Quitzow is amidst a cross-country summer tour in support of her album. Her live line up includes 6 other members which includes the cello and a variety of instruments I don’t know of.

I wasn’t sure what to expect with Art College, I really dug the song Sponsor (It Didn’t Mean A Thing) with the cellos being the main attraction in the song. It could’ve gone either way…it was also likely that I wouldn’t be able to get past the first track which will probably remain my favorite.

The second track is “On Tv!” which is kind of strange track with a member distortion their vocals into a robot (reminding me of Intergalatic by the Beastie Boys). Otherwise an alright track but nothing special or cool. Lyrics are a bit too repetitive here as well. The next track “Peanut” is a weird track, doesn’t sound anything resembling like the first two tracks. I could find this track addictive but it’s a little bit too much on the strange side. The strange sounds remind me a little puppy….

The title track Art College is kind of a cool sounding track but otherwise kind of forgettable in my opinion. I really like the 5th track “Better Than Ever” with some classical influence and great sounding vocals. This track is incredibly dense as well as catchy. Stay Away From John is an above average track…stay away from John he’s just a pimp! Kind of catchy but I find myself a little bored on the musical side.

Another great track “Love” begins with a classical/new-wave slow style paced intro. Almost contradiction as I think either the violin/cello makes a sharp noise but the way it sung it feels like its meant to be a relaxing song.

Quitzow experiments a whole ton, with different instruments, tons of synths and while she may be talented or heck even brilliant there’s no real flow to this album despite her wide range of experimentation. I finding myself skipping some tracks. A really diverse album but I’m not sure it wins me over.

Rating: 3.4 out of 5
Mp3s to check out:

Better Than Ever by Quitzow
On Tv! by Quitzow

2 Comments for “Quitzow - Art College Review”

1. Anonymous — July 2, 2008 @ 1:16 am
   
   

   You are not a very good writer.

2. Allan — July 2, 2008 @ 4:08 am
   
   

   Yeah well it’s not like I act like I am. I know I’m not so thanks for stating the obvious.

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