Liquid Meat
In Meat We Trust
Independent Release
2014
Liquid Meat is a rock‘n’roll playing trio from Munich, Germany. Their album “In Meat We Trust” is a combination of hard rock and punk with just a hint of funk. Unfortunately, it’s not good.
I can only guess that the band made the fatal error of thinking that when something sounds raw, unvarnished and in-your-face it does not require that much work. I mean there were times when “In Meat We Trust” was no better than a recorded band rehearsal. I’m not talking about the production sound (which is actually pretty fine). What I’m saying is that most tracks sound a little bit too all over the place. In other words, it’s like a high-school band which is a little too immature, a little too sure of themselves and a little too eager to make it big, without actually sitting down to work on their songs enough before delivering them to the world. It’s a shame, because it’s not as if those guys can’t play their instruments.
As for their lyrics, it’s like they went by some guidebook of what a rock‘n’roll record should talk about. You can find all the generic rock‘n’roll topics in “In Meat We Trust”. You’ve got the politicians-are-liars one (“They Lied”), the corporate-conformity one (“Punch the Clock”), the women-are-crazy one (“Double Standard Blues”), the I-get-into-bar-fights one (“Road House”), the I-do-as-I-please (“The Devil’s Music”), the wet-dream-about-having-sex backstage-with-a-groupie (“Up Against the Wall”), you even have the one aimed to piss off the church (“There is No God”), and of course, the most cliché of all, “Rock N Roll Will Never Die” which is about what you think it’s about.
And if all that wasn’t enough, the band made the deadly sin of ripping off one of the most classic songs in history. I mean I thought “Liquid Meat” had a vague Ramones vibe to it, but that’s nothing compared to “Black Out” which features the main guitar riff of “Blitzkrieg Bop” almost chord for chord.
As you should have guessed, I’m not a big fan of “In Meat We Trust”, but nevertheless, I can’t say I don’t see potential in Liquid Meat’s musical skills. As I mentioned before, they don’t sound like bad musicians. Just hope that next time they can produce something that doesn’t sound like it was phoned in.
I can only guess that the band made the fatal error of thinking that when something sounds raw, unvarnished and in-your-face it does not require that much work. I mean there were times when “In Meat We Trust” was no better than a recorded band rehearsal. I’m not talking about the production sound (which is actually pretty fine). What I’m saying is that most tracks sound a little bit too all over the place. In other words, it’s like a high-school band which is a little too immature, a little too sure of themselves and a little too eager to make it big, without actually sitting down to work on their songs enough before delivering them to the world. It’s a shame, because it’s not as if those guys can’t play their instruments.
As for their lyrics, it’s like they went by some guidebook of what a rock‘n’roll record should talk about. You can find all the generic rock‘n’roll topics in “In Meat We Trust”. You’ve got the politicians-are-liars one (“They Lied”), the corporate-conformity one (“Punch the Clock”), the women-are-crazy one (“Double Standard Blues”), the I-get-into-bar-fights one (“Road House”), the I-do-as-I-please (“The Devil’s Music”), the wet-dream-about-having-sex backstage-with-a-groupie (“Up Against the Wall”), you even have the one aimed to piss off the church (“There is No God”), and of course, the most cliché of all, “Rock N Roll Will Never Die” which is about what you think it’s about.
And if all that wasn’t enough, the band made the deadly sin of ripping off one of the most classic songs in history. I mean I thought “Liquid Meat” had a vague Ramones vibe to it, but that’s nothing compared to “Black Out” which features the main guitar riff of “Blitzkrieg Bop” almost chord for chord.
As you should have guessed, I’m not a big fan of “In Meat We Trust”, but nevertheless, I can’t say I don’t see potential in Liquid Meat’s musical skills. As I mentioned before, they don’t sound like bad musicians. Just hope that next time they can produce something that doesn’t sound like it was phoned in.