Random CD Reviews

I randomly decided I wanted to do some real-quick reviews of some CD's I have lying around.


Anberlin - New Surrender: A great album with lyrically deep and guitar-heavy songs. Ordering could possibly detract from the album's overall awesomeness though, and the album is still probably Anberlin's weakest effort to date. 3.5 stars. Favourite songs: Haight Street, Burn Out Brighter (Northen Lights).

The Fratellis - Costello Music: Poppy record which releases a small amount of joy with every listen. My favourite aspect of this band is that they use their mouth as just another instrument, with lots of "badabaps" and "dodados" and whistling. Lots of fun. 4 stars. Favourite song: Whistle For The Choir.

Family Force 5 - Dance or Die: I love how Famliy Force 5 can seemlessly blend dance music and heavy rock with a touch of hip-hop, a pinch of screaming and five tablespoons of awesome. Their distinctive style will have out of your chair and dancing. A very different feel than their first album, but it's good to finally have a style set in stone. 4 stars. Favourite song: Rip It Up.

The Killers - Hot Fuss: This album is the best I've heard since Relient K's Mmhmm. It completely stuns me with every lesson. Influenced heavily by British-pop, completed with a few beautiful rock songs. This album contains two parts of the Murder Trilogy, Midnight Show and Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, with the prelude to these Leave the Burboun on the Shelf found on the raraties album Sawdust. 5 stars. Favourite songs: Mr Brightside, Smile Like You Mean It, Midnight Show, the whole freaking album.

Relient K - The Bird and the Bee Sides: This double-EP is broken up into 2 parts.
The new stuff EP is called The Nashville Tennis EP. You can definitely draw similarities between this and their latest album Five Score and Seven Years Ago, with the exception of a few more tongue-in-cheek styled songs in this. Starts of very well and begins to die near the end, but it finishes before they let the momentum die. 4 stars. Favourite songs: There Was No Thief, The Last, The Lost, The Least.
The old stuff EP is The Bird and the Bee Sides, and you can immediately hear them at their roots again. Although not as wholely strong as The Nashville Tennis EP, it doesn't lose it's momentum. Definitely for fans of Anatomy or Two Lefts. 3.5 stars. Favourite Song: The Vinyl Countdown.

The Killers - Sam's Town: They had high expectations when releasing this album and I believe they definitely met them. More American Rock feel rather than British Pop, but it still works for them. Definitely not as good as Hot Fuss, but it still is one of my favourite albums. 5 stars. Favourite song: Read My Mind.

Family Force 5 - Business Up Front, Party in the Back: This album's only weak spot would be the first three songs make you feel like you're Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, they are very similar. And although there is not set style and ranges from Alternative (Replace Me, Lose Urself) to Hip-Hop (Supersonic, Put Ur Hands Up) to Heavy Rock (Love Addict, Earthquake), it still makes for a brilliant album. Also, the Diamond Edition of this album contains 3 of the album's possibly best songs, so definitely go for that. 4.5 stars. Favourite Song: Love Addict, Never Let Me Go.


Alright, I'm bored now. Enjoy and go buy some CD's.