CD Review: Modulator Don’t Hold Out On Me

If you need a reason to dislike Texas besides President Bush, Pegstar Records gives us Modulator and their debut album Don’t Hold Out on Me. As far as the recording quality goes, this record sounds better than many others I own. But the plus side of the review ends with that. I had never heard of this group before and after listening to the first ten seconds of the EP in my car I decided to look for a bridge to drive off of. Their music is drenched with that pop-synth sound that we all grew to hate back in the late seventies and early eighties. The instrumentation is not the only digitized aspect of the group, however. The lyrics are also dripping with juices of the computer age. The first track off this three-song EP is entitled “Major Malfunction,” and is pretty straight forward. A song about a girl programmed not to like someone, she has a major malfunction and falls in love. Excuse me while I vomit. The most disturbing thing is that if someone had programmed these “musicians” to play that horribly, they should burn in hell for all of eternity.The second track, “You’re so Analog,” follows suit. The vocalist goes so far as to even sing in Binary code towards the end of the song. It’s almost depressing.So, if you’re a fan of butterflies and lollipops run out and grab this record. However, if you like to keep your lunch down pass it up and keep shopping around.