Fragmented ideas could be interpreted as positive, but this entire project reflects a disjointed stream of consciousness.
General themes are hard to make out, but isolated lines prove problematic. Vague contexts notwithstanding, the word “suicide” appears on “Hotwax,” “High 5” and “Novacane.” The artist alludes to bisexuality on “Where It’s At.” “Devil’s Haircut” refers to “discount orgies” amid expressions of hopelessness. Several profanities find their way onto “High 5.”
Feedback. Distortion. An effects-laden background track including what sounds like a dentist’s drill. That’s the “music.” Lyrically, one man’s nonsense is another man’s off-beat street poetry. And while Beck Hansen has toned down the offensive material of his last effort, Odelay fails to clear the hurdle of acceptability.
