Middlepicker <Insert verb and one-word predicate here>
Middlepicker’s second album, Middlepicker Walks the Plank, much like it’s predecessor, has a title that is a 3-word sentence which lacks a period at the end. I like it when musicians use sentences as album titles. I even encourage bands to use full sentences when naming songs. I do this regularly. However, I do wish that proper grammar were used more often when doing so. I think that if you are going to do something different, you should go all the way. Don’t be shy, Middlepicker. Name your songs full sentences with periods.
Middlepicker Walks the Plank continues down the path of Gravedigger-like monster truck destruction that began with their previous album, Middlepicker Brings the Nasty. This band totally kicks ass.
(Above: Gravedigger destroys a schoolbus and some cars. It is unclear as to whether or not the school children made it out in time to avoid his indiscernable destruction.)
Clocking in at only 20 minutes or so, Middlepicker Walks the Plank is a quick pleasure that you can fit in during smokebreaks at work or during phone conversations with your bill collectors. The seven songs on this album drive you up to the cliff, then brutally beat you before throwing you down into a fiery pit of 20-something wrath.
Summary: This is a powerful indie rock album for those of us who enjoy such things.
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