This is very important: don't confuse Big Angry Fish with Reel Big Fish. It's a vitally important distinction, because Reel Big Fish sucks, and the mistaken belief that Big Angry Fish also sucks would deprive you of some serious happiness. Confused yet? The point I'm trying to make is that Big Angry Fish...well...kicks ass, to put it bluntly. If you have even the mildest taste for quintessential power-punk, you're going to want a copy of The 13 Electric Turn-Ons. So what makes Big Angry Fish stand out in a genre that's been flooded with pretenders, also-rans and Bands That Didn't Quite Get It? Nothing particularly tangible: a not-quite-in-tune vocal here, a melody coalescing from raw feedback there, and of course an ability to pen tunes that wriggle under your skin, make every hair on your body stand on end, and then work their way out of your body through your pores. The 13 Electric Turn-Ons is one of those rare CDs that you can leave cranked up all day as you revel in its many gloriously crunchy, fuzzy nuggets of bliss; if you touch your stereo at all, it'll be to turn up the volume a bit more. (Warning: trite closure alert!) If you like your pop raw and flavorful, Big Angry Fish is well worth catching.
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