Powderfinger - Dream Days at the Hotel Existence reviews
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| Rollingstone |
 I was bored listening to the same chords," Powderfinger's Bernard Fanning sings in "Lost and Running." He doesn't mean it. The Australian band, together since the mid-Nineties, spiritually hails from an older intersection: mid-Eighties U2 and (no shock, given Powderfinger's name) the fuzz-toned Seventies of Neil Young's Crazy Horse. The best songs here do not stray far. Dirty-guitar shriek and burnt jangle fortify Fanning's earnest romanticism in "Head Up in the Clouds" and "Long Way to Go." "Black Tears" is a near-naked exception, inspired by the 2007 trial of a Queensland policeman in the death of an Aboriginal man. The officer was cleared of all charges, but Fanning still finds collective guilt to go around. "There's blood on all our hands," he sings to stark acoustic guitar and splashes of electric tremolo, an effect as dramatic as all the other guitar ammo combined....full text |
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| Musicblog |
The Who: Ask a well-versed U.S. rock fan what a ‘Powderfinger’ is, and probably the most common response would be “It’s the title of a semi-obscure Neil Young song [off of Rust Never Sleeps].” But in the land down under, Powderfinger is the name of a rock band that has become a commercial sensation - racking up hearty album sales and awards since 1994. Their sixth album overall, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, sees the usual five-man line-up augmented by long-time Tom Petty keyboardist Benmont Tench, and was originally issued in their homeland all the way back in June of 2007, but is just now getting its release stateside.
The Buzz: Able to combine roots rock elements with pop songcraft (a la the Wallflowers, Fastball, Counting Crows, etc.), Powderfinger has been able to break through in a major way back home. And with their extremely radio friendly sound, it appears as though Dream Days at the Hotel Existence could very well finally break the band in the U.S. In fact, it’s pretty impressive how many hooks they fit into just one song especially “I Don’t Remember” (the guitar line, the verse, the chorus… it’s just one never-ending hook!). And another runner up would be “Lost and Running,” which was a top five single back home....full text |
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| Sputnikmusic |
I guess it's not surprising that this sixth studio effort from the Australian five-some Powderfinger sees the band marching into even more mainstream territory. Following the success of 2003's Vulture Street, which supplied commercial radio with a swarm of hits (some of them not even singles), it's almost inevitable that the pressures of the majority would eventually see the band resting on their laurels, rather than pushing the envelope a little further. This isn’t to say the already mega successful Powderfinger have anything to prove – in fact I don’t think anyone is seriously bothered about the lack of experimentation or ambition found in Dream Days at the Hotel Existence – but I honestly think they should be.
What Dream Days unfortunately represents for the band is an obvious need to settle down and start making “nice music”, all the while slowly edging their way into the adult-contemporary section of your local music store. What this unfortunately represents for us – the fanatical faithful who have no intention of “growing up” – is that the days of such exuberant singles such as Pick You Up or Day You Come topping the charts is sadly coming to a rather anticlimactic end. Here the youthful songs of album’s past are traded for more mature, earthly cuts that would appeal more to fans of swampy, bluegrass rock than moody, enigmatic pop....full text |
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