Hard to Be Human

(Hype, not hype: Though I may be underestimating my readership base, I don't think it is strong enough to start let alone sustain any blog-hype. So there).




I've only played it a few times yet, but the opening salvos of this record sounds very promising indeed, especially "Hard Feelings", the first track and single, which initally reminded me of the Mekons' great "Hard to be Human Again", at least in the delivery if not so much in sound or theme ("Hard, hard, hard, hard, hard, hard feelings"/"Hard to be, hard to be human again"). Subsequent listens will reveal whether or not it's a keeper.