Snake-bitten by suck

The title’s half-right.    

Cobra Starship’s new effort is full of pedestrian tracks that are far from hot but are certainly messy. And in this instance, messy means awful.

Though the act’s first two albums were far from revolutionary, they were full of fun jams.

But here, Gabe Saporta and company settle for watered-downed radio bait, as evident by allowing “Gossip Girl” star Leighton Meester to guest-sing on “Good Girls Go Bad” and letting “Nice Guys Finish Last” sound almost exactly like Britney Spears’ “Womanizer.”  

And as boring as the music is, Saporta’s lyrics are 10-times worse. If a track’s not about the dance floor, it’s about him wanting to make a boo out of some scene slut.

Cobra’s neon-drenched shtick might all be in jest – as is suggested in one of the only decent tracks, “You’re Not In On The Joke” – but it’s not funny. They must know we aren’t laughing with them, but at them.