The Simpsons Show

Album : I Am Me
Artist : Ashlee Simpson
Label : Geffen
Rating : ** out of *****
Standout Tracks : -

There is something gravely wrong with the music industry these days, and Geffen Records is a case in point. What was once the home of Nirvana, Sonic Youth and Neil Young is now a safe haven for Ashlee Simpson, a performer so devoid of talent that she was once caught red-handedly lip-synching his way out of an SNL show.

And yet, Simpson has been given the go-ahead to record her second album after her debut album Autobiography in 2004.

Now here's Simpson's second album.

There's actually little that can be said about this record, a pedestrian synth-punk album so synthetic that even Green Day's American Idiot will sound like The Clash's London Calling.

The building blocks for this album consist of a thin layer of crisp guitar atop mechanical drum parts -- although the drum is actually played by a living person.

Simpson's vocals, well, there is nothing to say about her nonexistent voice.

Unless you are in dire need of a night out karaoke-ing, avoid this record like the plague. -- M. Taufiqurrahman