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The Hush
Texas
Universal Records, 1999
REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 05/19/1999
If you've read this site for some time, you know that my musicalawakening came while I was in college, especially during my twoyears in college radio. Thanks to the true "alternative" format, Iwas exposed to artists I had never heard of before, and quicklylearned to appreciate much more about music than just heavy metaland classic rock.
But despite my new-found knowledge, there were still groups thatI wasn't willing to take a chance on for one reason or another. Onesuch group was the Scottish band Texas, who were struggling to getnoticed in the early '90s. It wasn't until 1997, with the track"Say What You Will" (off their White On Blonde album) that Sharleen Spiteri and crewfinally got noticed by the mainstream.
Now, with their latest release The Hush, Texas continues in the similar path that landedthem their first hit single in the United States - and while themusic is pleasant enough, one has to wonder if the formula isn'toverused a bit.
The first single from the album, "In Our Lifetime," soundsalmost like a carbon copy of "Say What You Will". And while I won'tclaim that I know everything there is to know about Texas - hell,for that matter, they could have been playing music in a similarvein their entire career - I can't say I'm crazy about trying tobuild on success by doing the same thing again. It's not anunpleasant song, but it almost suggests a lack of originality.
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