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Low Frequency Occupation Preoccupied Released in 2004 0.7/10 Styles Dance-Pop House Rock Song Highlights Fallen Angel Fade Away |
Melbourne duo Low Frequency Occupation started out as two separate solo artists, brothers Glen and Andy Evans. Upon discovering the common musical direction in their individual careers, they decided to collaborate on a joint project - Preoccupied is the result. The lead single "Back to You" has already seen radio airplay, reaching the top ten of the ARIA charts. If you've heard this track, you'll have a fair idea of the kind of upbeat dance-pop that makes up the majority of the tracklisting. There are tinges of house and R&B thrown in, while the few remaining tracks are comprised of straightforward rock, with elements of electronic accompaniament. The album also features several different vocalists, both male and female. While many albums boast variation as a strong point, it turns out to be one of Preoccupied's greatest weaknesses. Across its range of both genres and singers, the album only succeeds in sounding frustratingly inconsistent. At first listen, you could be forgiven for thinking it was a mainstream pop/rock compilation, as there's little to suggest that any given track is actually by the same group as the one before it. To make matters worse, everything here is something you've undoubtably heard before. The group are at their strongest during the more rock-oriented tracks "Fallen Angel" and "Fade Away", but at best these songs still come across sounding like weak imitations of other groups. It's hard to see the point of an album like this, when every track is so derivative as to be instantly forgettable. Preoccupied is nothing more than formulaic, disposable pop. It's the kind of album that completely underwhelms the listener, and them vanishes from their memory as soon as the last track has ended. I'd tell you to avoid it unless you wanted some dancefloor fodder, but it doesn't even deserve that much - there's plenty of generic dance music out there that's still better than this. |