July for Kings, "Normal Life"
This post’s feature track, “ Normal Life ” by July for Kings, is one of several awesome tunes from their 2002 debut album, Swim . But don’t just take my word for it. The reviewer at allmusic.com declared July for Kings as Pearl Jam wannabes and Swim as “shallow”, “overly earnest” and “emotions by the numbers” awarding it a full star and a half and encouraging people to “dive in at their own risk”. Oh, wait. Crap. One and a half stars out of five? Wow. That’s like Spinal Tap Shark Sandwich territory. I mean if Swim was a movie, we’re talking Bennifer’s Gigli . Not even bad Adam Sandler, but Gigli . Damn. Given this dramatic difference in opinion, one is left to conclude one of the following: 1. My musical taste blows. 2. Allmusic.com got it wrong. As allmusic.com is one of the most popular sites of its kind, and MWMT is um, well, not, I accept that I have not earned the benefit of the doubt. And while I am not willing to cop to my taste bl...