Foam Ropes
is a rock band from New York that appears to be primarily the
work of Derek Nicoletto.
I generally
enjoyed listening. Some of the songs, like "Celery Road" and "Potion Me
Well" rock pretty well, though in general the songs tended to focus more
on softer emotions, like the poignant "Truth In Fables". I also
really liked their cover of Fleetwood Mac's "You Make Loving Fun".
"Bad
Apples" should have hit the target emotionally, but watching an interview
with Nicoletto where he likened the suffocation of Eric Garner to the shooting
of two police officers in Brooklyn, without acknowledging the larger issue of
police brutality and harassment and its deep roots, where simply stopping to
think is completely insufficient, turned me off on the song. That and multiple
references to Rihanna, implying that the people who buy her music don't
actually like it, and that her publicity is undeserved, were also unflattering.
Getting
attention as a band can be a very frustrating process, but it is so difficult
to get anyone to pay for music now that it is unlikely anyone is buying songs
they don't like, some people work very hard on publicity, and jealousy in
general is a bad look.
These are
not necessarily reasons not to listen to Foam Ropes, but may be a reason for
the band to think more deeply about some issues, and about self-presentation.
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