Elvis runs like a clockwork toy, he just keeps on re-visiting his old hits over and over again. This time, the clockwork got wound up too much adding a bit of juggernaut friction to the music.
In recent years, Costello seems to have been happy re-living his 70’s and 80’s period. ‘Momofuku’ continues in the same vein, but adds a few fresh songs to the Costello canon. You get the classic Elvis sound: The fairground organ, the cardboard drums, the scratchy guitar and the sneering vocal delivery. Nothing new here then.
What’s different is that Elvis doesn’t just seem to go through the motions. There are a couple of songs on ‘Momofuku’ that jump out at you. Songs that are left pretty raw, simply relaying a strong hook or a few good lines. Songs like ‘Go Away’, ‘Drum And Bone’, ‘American Gangster Time’ and ‘Stella Hurt’. Elvis even injects new fire into his ballads on ‘Harry Worth’ and ‘My Three Sons’.
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While ‘Momofuku’ in its entirety is not necessarily the strongest album, there are a good few songs here that will likely make it onto your next personal Costello mix ‘tape’ or compilation.
Finally, what’s it with the name? Well, Japanese noodle tsar Momofuku Ando invented instant noodles in 1958 and cup noodles, apparently Costello’s favourite junk food, in 1971. Now you know.
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