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  Review by: KirbyPuckett See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on March 23rd 2004
WOOOAAH!
If you described this band to me I would easily write it off as something I didn’t like. Nonetheless, I can’t help but sing along with all the “oh’s” and “whoa’s” contained in this fifty minutes of power-pop bliss. Secretly, I am dancing along to this band’s second full length album as I type of this review. Sean O’ Keefe has done for Split Habit what he’s done with Motion City Soundtrack and Spitalfield – which is taking a sound that’s been beaten like a dead horse and jumpstarting it into something pleasurable and enticing! I’m not trying to be a lazy journalist, but their press kit perfectly sums up the album, “[it] drips profusely with crunchy power chords, irresistible hooks, sing-along choruses and candy coated harmonies.” There are ten songs following that formula, which includes a delightful rendition of Hall and Oates' “Maneater.” “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is” isn’t perfect, but this Chicago trio isn’t shooting for that. They’re playing rock ‘n roll and having fun and I’m joining in on the amusement by listening. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
They do a great live show! The first time I heard their CD i heard a song and though it was Weezer. Like... Blue Album Weezer. The good stuff! Great CD. As good as this album is, the band is MUCH better live. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet Great CD cant wait to see them live Ok whiny vocals. I have seen them live and the vocals are not whiny. What the shit. Great CD. Sounds amazing too. It can't get better then this. Chicago has something to look forward to now. Wow this is the best album since? Wait it is the best album I own fuck. Auesome job guys! split habit-on e of my fave bnands thanks to this album :-) makes my ears hungry for more music :-) This band will be huge!!! Didn't Ed Rose produce the motion city soundtrack cd? This sucks and it shows where Kirby is coming from. Nice Kirby! I think this is the first Split Habit album that does justice to the band. O'Keefe finally captured what has been present on stage for years. these guys I think sound a ton like The Gamits. That is a very good thing. Much praise has to go the production quality, with really captures the band's harmonies perfectly. There was a time when Split Habit was the worst band in Chicago. Sometime whithin the last year and a half they have blossomed into one of the best bands around. They are actually doing something different instead of trying to follow in the footsteps of Falloutboy or hopping on the screamo train like everyone else. And with this review [and the other 3 by him in this update], please welcome KirbyPuckett to the reviews staff! |
