God Lives Underwater - Up Off The Floor (CD)

All Music Guide

Marilyn Manson was really up to something concocting a formula that combined the sounds of Kurt Cobain with the Love It To Death/Killer phase of Alice Cooper. God Lives Underwater understand that and work the concept to good effect though they don't take many of the interesting ideas presented on Up Off The Floor" as far as the potential demands. Modern techno colliding with grunge is what toys with the high end of your speakers on tunes like "1 (The Long Way Down)" and "Slip To Fall" the trance taking hold the louder one turns up the latter tune. "The king of insensitivity" in "History" advises you to put your "thick skin on" which seems like the ultimate excuse in a dysfunctional relationship. John Lennon's notion of slipping his other song titles into the lyric of another song is picked up here, the word "positivity" seeming to be a favorite. This music picks up where Spitfire artist OhGr left off, another band that had interaction with producer Rick Rubin at some point in their c...areer. Read more Less