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Yeats poem from which singer-guitarist Carrie Brownsteins favorite Joan Didion collection,Slouching Towards Bethlehem,takes its name.
But the tool kit has changed.
If you want the old shit, buy the old albums.
In fairness, Sleater-Kinneys tool kit is always changing.
The note risks being received as a vote of no confidence that the album doesnt deserve.
Weisss playing awards a musculature that keeps things grounded.
Centers most daring gambit is its focus on vocals.
Here,Centers interests dovetail with those of producer and friend of the band Annie Clark, a.k.a.
The new textures are clean but not quite fresh.
For all its pizzazz,The Center Wont Holdis Sleater-Kinney at its most familiar.
The choice is puzzling but not damning.Centerhasnt torched the playbook; it just modernized its moves.
Theres grizzled wisdom in Brownstein and Tuckers words.
Ultimately, it is a world worth the unexpected turns.
