The Only Thing We Have In Common Is That None Of Them Can Tell The Difference Between Us

Joan Of Arc are going to have a new record out in February! When I saw this news item I was thrilled because they’d apparently broken up in early 2001, but once I heard those two new MP3s on the site, my enthusiasm dipped quite a bit. “Perfect Need And Perfect Completion” barely even registers for me, it’s so quietly bland and dull. “The Infinite Blessed Yes” starts out about the same way, but the ending with what sounds like free jazz horn samples is sublime, and closer to what I want from Joan Of Arc. Of course, Joan Of Arc aren’t a consistent band by any stretch – each record from Live In Chicago 1999 on has a few songs which are jaw-droppingly brilliant in the middle of record which is otherwise pretty terrible. So, here’s hoping that these two songs are the dross this time around, because if they are, it is the best dross to date. All I ask is for one more song as great as “Me And America (or) The United Colours Of The Gap”, “Me (Plural)”, “Ne Mosquitos Pass”, or “As Black Pants Make Cats Hairs Appear”. Please don’t let me down, Kinsellas.