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• Artist: Frank Black and the Catholics
• Album: Show Me Your Tears
• Label: Sonic Unyon
• Year of Release: 2003
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2003-09-25

One of the best concerts I saw this year was none other than Mr. Frank Black and his devout Catholics. Now, after witnessing this classic alt.rock god in this form, I have a new respect for his new material. He has probably put more material out with the Catholics than with the Pixies and yet people still think of the Pixies when it comes to Mr. Black. Sure, many people's point of view of music radically changed after the Pixies and they were one of the most original alt.rock bands ever but one must respect Frank for his post-Pixies output. Show Me Your Tears is Black's first output since his recent divorce. Expect a little darker album than some of his previous Catholic output. Black has stated in his own words that this album is "Thirteen big, salty tears", just as his therapist suggested. There is still a great deal of country twang to Show Me Your Tears like for instance, "My Favorite Kiss". But Frank easily follows that country tinged track with a full on angry rocker called "Jaina Blues". One of the best tracks on the album has to be "Massif Centrale". The riffs in the songs are just gigantic and Frank uses his falsetto, something he doesn't use enough. Frank intimately suggests a single malt scotch, straight up while listening to this album. Listen and share your tears with Frank. This is some of the best Frank Black output yet.

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