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| | Gumball : Special Kiss - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
 | | With the onus still very much on charging rhythms and searing guitars, the trio's 1991 debut album displayed a certain amount of continuity with Fleming and Spiegel's work on the final B.A.L.L. release, Four (Hardball). |
 | | But although Special Kiss is, for the most part, the sound of the pop song ripped up, stamped on, and fed through a grungey wringer, there are some variations on the theme of guitar noise in Gumball's repertoire. |
 | | With its shouty vocals and one-two staccato beat, "Alternate Feed" has an almost vintage hardcore sound for its short and not-so-sweet 55 seconds, whereas "You Know" -- co-written and performed with Glasgow's Teenage Fanclub -- has an anthemic, singalong feel that's somewhere between glam and punk, in a Damned sort of way. |
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