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• Artist: New Wet Kojak
• Album: This Is The Glamorous
• Label: Beggars Banquet
• Year of Release: 2003
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2003-05-18

It took Scott McCloud and Johnny Temple a while to figure out that New Wet Kojak was where their future lay. With Girls Against Boys only putting one album out in the last five years, New Wet Kojak is basically their primary vehicle for getting their ideas out. This time around the band is trying somewhat of a concept album. This Is The Glamorous is an album that's based around the issues with glamour and success and how easy it is to fall from fame. The album kicks off with the strongest track on the album, "The World Of Shampoo". Despite having a somewhat negative connotation this song comes off quite upbeat and positive. Some may think of this as instant failure but focus on the album as a whole and it makes so much sense. Many of the tracks here feature the saxophone of Charles Bennington giving us an easy comparison to Morphine. I was a big fan of their last album, Do Things as well as the one song on their No. 4 EP called "Do The Math", but a couple of listens to This Is The Glamorous really shows some big improvement in the songwriting process. The group is gelling very nicely with some jazzy licks and Scott's monotone vocals. Have a listen to "Jealous", which may just be one of the best New Wet Kojak songs ever written. It is fairly mellow but it's Morphine-like crawl is a welcome relief from their heavier stuff. They have a great album here that may, over time, become a classic.

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