SECOND BITE

As a friend of mine once said, this album sounds like a rehersal. Not far from truth. Very poor reunion attempt by T2, especially if we consider their first album It'll All Work Out In Boomland, which was more than fine. The fact that Second Bite was recorded in 1992 (though it sounds like it was created in 1982), and that Cross is missing cannot be an excuse.

Overall feel of the album is cheap (partly due to low standards of SPM/WWR label); songs are in horrible pop vein, with very few progressive elements, and they all sound somewhat similar. I hardly managed to listen it form the beginning to the end as the whole thing sounds uninspired, extremly boring and lame, though with some laughable moments - for example, sound of the police siren in Out in the street is totally ludicrous. Most of the time I got a feeling of a local wedding band playing poor covers on their cheap equipment.

Vocals are identical in every song - sleepy and tired, drumming is simply odious (sounds like a drum machine), keyboards sound artificial, only the guitar playing is acceptable. Moments of hope are scarce, the only one that I can think of is guitar lead in Careful Sam. 22 minute epic Age 2 age is epic indeed - I nearly fell asleep.

Maybe this album is a joke noone gets?