Scrub
Modern rock outfit Mayfair Laundry is fronted by the very lovely
Shannon Woolner. That's the good news. The rest is downhill
from there. Even the able production team of John and Dino Elefante
at the boards couldn't help this band get much more from these songs.
Okay, the band is not that bad, and to be completely honest, I don't hate
all the songs. Singer Shannon occasionally sounds like Maria McKee
(one of my favorite female vocalists), and the band sometimes reminds
one of No Doubt, because of the ska influences and the horn section in
some of these songs, but sometimes good does not a good record make.
Half of the material here is just not very creative. I think if Mayfair
Laundry got a hold of some better material and went more over to the Lone
Justice sound instead of the high-pitched No Doubt sound, they would
do well. Due to the production of the Elefantes, the naming of a
song after a Woodstock era hippy cook ("Wavy Gravy"), and the few
other songs I did like...I'll be generous and rate this one:
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