Nirvana - In Utero
Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. Today, I will be reviewing the last studio album from Nirvana, In Utero. After the success of Nevermind, Kurt Cobain wanted to go for a less polished sound, and feature much noisier and abrasive songs on here.
We open with Serve The Servants. Not much to say here, just your usual catchy grunge tune. I must say that I really like the occasional dissonant guitar squeals.
Scentless Apprentice is one of the noisier songs on here. But the highlight here is definetly the singing. Kurt screams like he never usually does. They way he just yells into the microphone is ear-piercing, but amazing at the same time.
i think we all know heart shaped box.
and the controversial, rape me.
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle is more the usual grunge. Not much else to comment on here. It's not bad by any mean, but I've heard much cooler grunge songs.
Dumb is definetly one of my favourite tracks on here. I love the melancholic feel, and accompanied by the cello, it really hits home for me.
Very Ape isn't anything special and is quite forgettable.
So is Milk It.
Pennyroyal Tea is one of the more memorable songs on here. The chorus is catchy and loud, which contrasts with verses that are much quieter and mellower.
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter is a much noisier song, and much faster than most of the other tracks on here. It features some of that good old guitar squeals, which overlap with Kurt's vocals in the verses.
Tourette's sounds like a rip-off the previous song, only with Kurt yelling frantically.
And finally, we end with All Apologies, which I'm sure you already know. This song closes Nirvana's timeline on a bit of a bittersweet note. The occasional cello just adds to this sense of longing.
So overall, not quite as flashy or catchy as this album's predecessor, it's still a pretty good record, and a pretty neat way to end Nirvana's main discography.
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