Bloodthirsty Lovers, featuring Dave Shouse (formerly of The Grifters, a.k.a. a Memphis band everyone name-drops but no one's actually heard), just dropped their new album, The Delicate Seam, out now on Frenchkiss Records. The record is a lot of things, but to this reviewer, pretty much all of them are just so-so. The lyrics aren't great. The beats aren't spectacular, and there are no killer riffs or superstar tracks.

The music is flighty, the vocals almost talk-sung. Don't get me wrong--it's a decent enough album. The album's closer, "Medicated," (featuring Katie Eastburn from Young People) gives the album at least one bright spot. It's just not anything to write home about. It's pretty boring and definitely blah. In this day in age when music fans are just inundated with new releases, ringtones, videos, movies, books, magazines, and gossip about whatever band or star they're into, it's just hard to hold on to, and especially to tightly embrace, something that's just okay.

Artist: Bloodthirsty Lovers
Title: The Delicate Seam
Label: Frenchkiss Records
Listen to the album here