If we were following the pattern, Modern Guilt should have been Beck's contemplative folksy album. However, with Gnarls Barkley's main musical man Danger Mouse behind the production console, we all knew that was unlikely.What we get instead is an album of midlevel semi-electronic jams. Nothing challenging or daring like we got on 2006's underrated The Information. Instead we get a Beck who seems to be going through the motions. Think 2005's humdrum Guero.
There are some memorable moments on the record. In particular the Spiritualized-feel of the first single "Chemtrails" and the bottom heavy gritty track "Soul of a Man" stand out.
Unfortunately, not even the guest vocals from Cat Power's Chan Marshall can make this average album an essential disc.
At the end of the day I can sum Modern Guilt up by saying: meh, its sound like a Beck album.
Check out the video for the song "Gamma Ray" here.
Track listing for Modern Guilt:
- Orphans
- Gamma Ray
- Chemtrails
- Modern Guilt
- Youthless
- Walls
- Replica
- Soul of a Man
- Profanity Prayers
- Volcano
Beck only has one Canadian date scheduled so far, that's August 28th at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver.
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