Toward the end of Ed Harcourt's new album, my roommate turned to me and said, "Nicole, this sounds like bad country and Christmas music."
Macha front man Josh McKay has created a solo album that sounds like anything but a debut. McKay's creation is Seaworthy, and the album is The Ride - something stripped down and void of nearly all the eastern musical influences Macha is known for.
Vegas DeMilo is a band that will end up on popular radio stations soon, without falling into the rut that is modern rock in the new century. It doesn't play rap-metal like Limp Bizkit, it doesn't sound like a Jars of Clay cover band the way Creed does, and it offers no pop-punk sound of Blink-182.
Look into yourself for a moment, and think of what comes to mind at the mention of these names:
Platonica, the 2001 full-length debut album from the New York band The Pasties, is like Weezer's blue album without the crunch. Platonica begins with an assault of Ooh La La's at the beginning of "Shameless," the first song on the album. The rest of the album follows in this vein, lyrics never really living up to their prescribed hype and song progressions never reaching the dynamic possible for the seasoned musicians in the band.
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