Seriously, did no one see this coming?
Granted, I did say a little about how disappointing this album would probably be for Against Me! fans, but I really don’t think they were prepared for the schlock that is New Wave.
First, I have to admit I am not a fan of this band. Nor have I ever been, so don’t confuse me with the throngs of people who have since Tuesday been saying “yeah well, I was with them up until Clarity“. No, I just flat out don’t care for them.
And here’s where it gets good for me.
The main reason I didn’t like them was that it seemed to me like the whole “harsh vocals with barely distorted guitar and repetitive drums wannabe Clash-ish and we all wear black t-shirts” thing was just a cover up for a band that would otherwise be writing dance-pop-punk drivel.
Just like they “Reinvented Axl Rose”, AM! has reinvented themselves into the EXACT thing that I thought they were before: a boring band with a bad cover-up… except THIS time they’ve dropped the charade and shown the world that they ARE a sub-par dance-pop-punk drivel-writing group! This album is even more boring than their previous efforts, if that’s at all possible in my world. No song is even remotely memorable, and most are downright awful.
I’m pretty sure this is streaming somewhere online, but I don’t feel like anyone should be subjected to such a disservice as having to listen to it, so no “link to”. Someone at Sire is going to get fired for this.
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i like that 3 reviews down you praise jawbreaker for going from strained vocals and punk songs to writing pop songs.
ok, but against me just has bad songwriting, which jawbreaker doesn’t.