Pathetic Reviews: Motorbike to Heaven
The last single before the (still-UK-only) release of Drink Me adds "Diary Hell" and "I am December" to provide elevenish minutes of Salad fun. The title track pairs acoustic verses with a distortion-and-xylophone laden chorus, to build a delicious pop confection which slides by in an eyeblink.
"Diary Hell" is on the whole snarlier, a mid-tempoed rocker with a long blow-out raveout. "December" isn't really one of the band's strongest efforts, but it's pleasant enough. Seems to be some sort of tale of a transgenderal experience, if I'm hearing right.
For those keeping score, the lead track and "December" are (guitarist) Kennedy's composition, and "Diary" is credited to the band as a whole. Production by Mark Freegard and Greame Holdaway.
