My Diet Pill

Interview and live - November 2nd 2007
Cockroach Blues (semi-official home made video)
Gettysburg by Fake Dog Films
Ladykiller LIVE
Gotta go home LIVE
Drowning man (will clutch at a straw) LIVE
Ego and I VIDEO CLIP
And now, let's read what Matthew R. Perrine has to say about My Diet Pill:
France..s My Diet Pill help us give up the grudge
Artist: My Diet Pill
Album: Second Album
Genre: The American indie within
Available at: MyDietPill.net
Grade: A
Considering that most Americans only find out about Frances My Diet Pill by accident, it really begs the question: What other great music is out there?
Dont think about it, itll only hurt too much especially after embracing this bands ingenious formula of everything Americas best college rock has to offer.
Best of all (or worst of all, if youre still hurtin), the group manages to pull it off in a way that doesnt seem A) forced, B) unnecessary or C) redundant. (And this is why Im placing all my money on My Diet Pill quickly becoming every reviewers wet dream. But I digress.)
After a quick intro, My Diet Pill quickly sets the bar high with Generals Crown and Ego & I (Roma Surf). These moderate affairs sound like Berkeleys indie pop threesome Dealership fronted by Imperial Teens Roddy Bottum. And to boot the lyrics are hopelessly romantic: And if I travel space / At the speed of light / Its to find you.
Not so romantic, however, is the next track, Sandys Bathroom. Easily mistaken for a Pixies bootleg (or a B-side from Pearl Jams No Code, for that matter), this rocker has singer Vlad E. Andrijasevic going all Frank Black on our asses and screaming, simply, Some say I wont dare go in there / F*ck them!
Quite a departure from its predecessors, for sure, but it just goes to show this bands range. Its almost as if your favorite music geek (give em a kiss while youre at it) wrote down his or her dream album only to have My Diet Pill sneak over and steal it for the bands eventual takeover of the modern music world.
The aptly titled Second Album is consistently poetic and beautiful.
More important, perhaps, is the fact that it also has a few injections of rough chords and cuss words to keep you on your toes.
(This limited edition release comes with bonus downloads of the bands French EP and a remix of Matt Song.)
~Matthew R. Perrine (ND Spectrum)
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