The Strangest Things is unfortunately as bland as its predecessor was glorious: All pretty pastel colors, Plain Jane-ing the songwriting right into Blandsville.
A blend of new wave, Goth, and electronica. Lead singer/songwriter Rogue’s voice comes across as inspired by the drones of Gary Numan with a hint of Peter Murphy.
Podstar’s melodies are – like all good emo-inspired pop-rock – achingly beautiful, but catchy enough to get stuck in your head all day and make you enjoy it.
It might be ok if, during any of the 12 songs, the guitars were in tune, the drums were on beat, or the singer was on pitch… ok, nevermind, it’s all bad.