Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion [Import]

Product Description
Japanese pressing of 2004 album from supergroup featuring members of Reunion Show, Skully, & Count The Stars, JVC.

Tracks:

This Year's Fashion
Drug Like
Photograph
Basic Tiny Fragments
Bleed
Instructions on Building a Model Airplane
A Simple Question
Eighth Grade Summer Romance
Let's Never Go To Sleep
Broken
Four-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
Don't Cut Your Fabric
The Short Week Begins With Longing

Album Description

The recording process of Don't Cut Your Fabric To This Year's Fashion was experimental to say the least. Recorded at Pie Studios in Glen Clove, Long Island and General George's converted studio in Lindenhurst, NY, the album was produced and mixed by William Wittman, famous for his work as CYNDI LAUPER's exclusive producer for the past 15 years. Don't Cut Your Fabric To This Year's Fashion features guest appearances by Eddie Reyes of TAKING BACK SUNDAY and Gary Bennett of KILL YOUR IDOLS.

Customer Reviews:

In this case clever song titles DO make for clever songs.......2006-03-05

I had never listened to Action Action before my friend bought there second album. I was blown away right from the beginning so a few days later I bought Don't Cut Your Fabric To This Years Fashion. I think I have listened to it all the way through 20 times and I still can't get enough. "Drug Like" is a beautiful, sad, electronic masterpiece. "Instructions on building a model airplane" rocks like something great. "The Short Week Begins With Longing" is the perfect ending, and everything in between is just as spectacular. Great CD.

"ok" electronic-based indie rock - the singer is TERRIBLE - if you like him, though, the songs are decent enough.......2006-01-05

Ok, let's get this out of the way first - the singer is VERY much love-it-or-hate-it (honestly though, this guy is just terrible). I would even go so far as to say he's ANNOYING. However, if you happen to like him than the rest of the songs are actually pretty good (if they had a different singer this album would've been MUCH better). Every song is pretty catchy with slightly interesting lyrics (these two are the band's saving grace), but the singer indeed ruins the songs. You could tell that this band has promise - they have a lot of new and interesting musical ideas. The only songs I can really listen to repeatedly (and they're arguably the best here) are "Photograph", "Instructions On Building" and "Let's Never Go To Sleep". On these songs he actually manages not to be annoying enough to ruin them. ONLY for fans of the singer would I recommend this.

Highlights include:
the entire album if you can stand the singer

A nice start..........2005-07-12

The only reason I heard of Action Action was because a friend of mine took me to a concert where they opened.
Afteward, I bought the CD from the booth outside for $12. It was autographed, and really, really bright.
As has been noted, this band is not original. They are, however, pretty "cool". Though the artists look the part, Action Action is not "emo" in its mood or lyrics. Like The Killers, The Bravery, Duran Duran, etc, the band is more a punk/poptronica band.
Standout songs include: this year's fashion, Druglike (my favorite), Photograph, Instructions on building a model airplane, dont cut your fabric, the short weekend begins with a longing. Yes I realize that is almost half the CD.
Anyway, the CD is worth buying though it definitely is more for a punk teen kid crowd. I give 3.5/5 stars.

Action Paction.......2005-06-13

Action Action's Dont cut your fabric to this years fashion is a great cd for all 80s music lovers. They portrayed very good feelings in unusual lyrics comparing odd things but still making sense of their feelings. They are a very original band and i hope to see and hear more of this band. They have truly captured me and i cant get enough of them.

Action Action is my turkey hoagie with a bag of Cajun chips........2005-04-05

I thought this CD sounded a little creepy at first when I was previewing it in stores. But I decided, "Hey, I'll listen to anything new." and bought it anyway. And it turned out to be an outstanding album. Here's what I rate the songs:

1.This Year's Fashion = 6/10
2.Drug Like = 9/10 (definately reminds me of Depeche Mode.)
3.Photagraph = 10/10 (One of my favorites. This is the song you play really, really loud and wash cars to [optional].)
4.Basic Tiny Fragments = 5/10 and then 7/10 (a little boring at first and the lyrics are a little *stupid* to me, but at the end it gets more heavy metal and just plain AWESOME!)
5.Bleed = 4/10 (I always just skip this one...I don't know why.)
6.Instructions on Building a Model Airplane = 8/10 (Another cool one to dance to.)
7.A Simple Question = 5/10
8.Eighth Grade Summer Romance = 10/10 (it's just so awesome, that's why.)
9.Let's Never Go to Sleep = 5/10
10.Broken = 6/10
11.Four-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle = 3/10 (tooooo slow and acoustic. BLAH!)
12.Don't Cut Your Fabric = 10/10 (It's more upbeat version of the first song which makes it more awesome.)
13.The Short Week Begins With Longing = 8/10 (a great one to drive to...if you know how to drive, that is. But if you don't, just skate and whatever.)

So, all in all, this 70's synth pop album takes you back to the days of Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta and the light-up dance floors. But it also has a new-wave punky vibe to it. So just shut up and dance!!!