"The Boy Named If" by Elvis Costello & the Imposters

Elvis Costello returns with smart, feisty 'The Boy Named If' | Review

Welcome back to Thrak Attack! What's your adventure? Today's adventure takes us back to the days of classic rock and roll where influences came from blues music and not hip hop, where the genre felt young and vibrant and no longer stale! Elvis Costello & the Imposters brings us back to that time with their latest album titled "The Boy Named If".

This is Elvis Costello's 32nd and his 4th with the Imposters and it shows. It shows their talent and experience in the field of rock and roll unfortunately it also shows just how stale rock music has begun. The album is really good though! It sounds great with every instrument having it's time to shine and sticking out. The production of the album is spot on!

The album also is really full coming in with 13 tracks and 52 minutes which is an impressive length but sometimes that helps and album sometimes that hurts it. In this album's case it hurts, it has a lot of filler music in it. There are some really great tracks on this album such as the opener "Farewell, OK", "The Difference" and "Mistook Me For a Friend". but the majority of the album bleeds together and doesn't make an impact other than take up time.

When I review albums I take a 5 star average rating for the songs and then points for production, concept, musicianship, aesthetic, and overall feeling. This album gets a 2 star rating with points for production, musicianship, and overall feeling.

"The Boy Named If" by Elvis Costello & the Imposters get 5 out of 10 stars.

All the Best, Ross

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