MY DAD IS DEAD: Everyone Wants the Honey but Not the Sting

My Dad is Dead

Everyone Wants the Honey but Not the Sting

© 1997 Mark Edwards (036172841622)

CD permanently out of stock. Sorry!

Truly indie rock spanning 2 decades and a dozen releases

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Everyone Wants The Honey But Not The Sting
(Emperor Jones)


"Don't look now, but time is creeping up on you like an old forgotten song," warns Mark Edwards in the opening seconds of his new Everyone Wants The Honey But Not The Sting. Time has indeed caught up to Edwards, the singer/songwriter who serves as the core member of My Dad Is Dead's rotating stable of players. He's no longer trying to drown his angst with bombast, the way he did on earlier albums, and his lyrics have given way to more introspection than anger. But don't be fooled into thinking this makes Everyone a weepy, self-pitying record, fit only for the suicidal and recently dumped. Edwards again packages his neuroses with full, tight hooks and catchy phrases, each sung in his characteristically warm vocal style. The way he is able to incorporate emotional complexities into rock structure without lapsing into clichés is reminiscent of The Wedding Present and The Afghan Whigs, and Everyone Wants The Honey is full of buoyant, singable songs that have a great cathartic effect. If not for the unmarketable name with which he's saddled himself, Edwards would no doubt be a pop star of some notoriety by now. But then, who knows how success would change him and his output? Here's hoping he stays small and miserable. -Joe Garden (the Onion)

Finally a band that writes songs. And I happen to like songs. Everyone ... is actually played by a new band, guitarist/singer Mark Edwards is the only original member left. The music of My Dad Is Dead still plays their typical kind of guitar rock with an early 80's new-wave influence (think about Killing Joke or Bauhaus. The themes in the songs are as dark as those new wavers of old. The music sounds a bit austere, but that is compensated by the melody and the fact that My Dad Is Dead still sticks to the verse-chorus-verse formula, but without getting boring. Glad they're still around... (bt) (Ultra WWW Magazine)

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  • coolest packaging ever! classic MDID sound!
    author: Heather Bara

    With the aptly titled album, you get the packaging, which has raised bee's, very cool.I seem to have stumbled onto a treasure 3 yrs. ago,as every MDID album offers something new,perfect lyrics with various references to pop culture,lost friends & lost times...Mark seems to be a secret guitar god, lyrical genius & a must for any hipster's collection!

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