Sleepwalking through riffs and Postal Service electronics, these ten do little more than favor Delonge’s yowl, as the rest of the band stay out of the way.
A reasonably in-depth analysis, and even if there isn’t much new information for the hardcore geeks, the performance footage is enough to make it worthwhile.
Good name. San Francisco busker who play small clubs, living rooms, basements, wherever. Americana, folk as the new punk, no postering prettyboy pop stars here.
If more “alternative” music were noisy pop like One For The Team instead of formulaic boy band one hit wonders, “alternative” music wouldn’t suck so much.
While 13 year old girls get gooey over a lot of awful bands, a few transcend teenbiebopper boy blandness, like The All-American Rejects and Hellogoodbye.
They bring on the altrock, and after the shock, I remember that they’re not cashing in, they’ve been writing solid, catchy rock for half a decade or so.