Reviewed by Jim Coursey
Released: 1980 Rod Vey Can You Hear Me Mother? Genre: New Wave / Synth-Pop Rating: 1.5 out of 5 Highlights: Metal Love Lowlights: That ridiculous falsetto at the end of “It’s Your Choice” -- https://youtu.be/ZBbjZF7jFzE?t=195 The sole album by Belfast sax session player Rod McVey is not worth your time. Take one part Numan ripoff, one part generic 80s no-hit wonder soundtrack filler, and one part “before” recordings for an Autotune ad and you have a fair approximation of McVey’s album here. The attempt at new wave feels so lost in translation that I assumed Rod was German – the album was only released in Germany and features a cartoonish, German-language closer in “Sterbend in Berlin.” But the perpetrator appears to have been Irish. Whatever its origin, only reach for this album if you are seeking the opposite of the pleasure principle. Oh, but do spend 15 seconds checking out the lowlight.
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