In Defense Of The Genre

In Defense Of The Genre

Max Bemis, the musician who makes music under the band name Say Anything, says doing the new Say Anything CD, In Defense of the Genre, was a draining experience. But at least it was taxing for the right reasons. "In its scope and in the fact that I had to put 100 percent of myself into it, as I have to do because it's a lot about me, recording most of the instruments and singing all of (vocals), and also it being a double album, it really took a lot out of me," Bemis said of In Defense of the Genre. ''But it was an extremely pleasurable, almost like a luxurious experience." On In Defense of the Genre, the Say Anything sound has grown a bit harder and edgier, with songs like 'Surgically Removing The Tracking Device' and the title track among the songs that pack a particular big punch. But Bemis' talent for strong pop melodies is also intact, and for a two-CD set with so many songs, the quality of the music is notably consistent.