Midtown : Forget What
You Know
By Tim Cashmere
9th September 2004
New Jersey natives 'Midtown'
have been around for about six years. Their sound borrows
from all aspects of the mid-nineties "punk" scene,
from emo to hardcore and every style of melodic meat in the
punk rock sandwich. Add ex Marvellous 3 front man Butch Walker
(Avril Lavigne, Sevendust) to the production knobs and you
have one toe tapping amalgamation of pop and rock.
While the intro track 'Armageddon' might leave you expecting
some kind of heavy metal or epic rock with its daunting samples,
'To Our Saviour' quickly lets you know you'll be in for the
perfect feel good album for a summers day.
The band's lyrical content lends from that not quite a genre,
but still somehow a description of music; "emo".
Songs about relationships and what's wrong with the world
sung in a happy, melodic fashion.
Despite my mocking fashion, I really do like this album.
It's catchy, fun and easy to listen to. What more could you
want in a record?
Track Listing
Armageddon
To Our Saviour
Give It Up
It Is Me? Is It True?
God Is Dead
Whole New World
Empty Like the Ocean
Nothing Is Ever What It Seems
The Tragedy Of The Human Condition
Waiting For The New
Until It Kills
Hey Baby, Don't You Know That We're All Whores
Help Me Sleep
Manhattan
So Long As We Keep Our Bodies Numb, We're Safe
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