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 Review by: Matt Whelihan See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on September 8th 2006
Being signed to Pete Wentz’s record label isn’t an easy detail to shake (unless of course you are Lifetime); in fact that information alone will write the Hush Sound off for many people. Unfortunately, for those that are willing to look past label affiliation there still isn’t much to see. The Hush Sound are essentially a piano driven pop-rock act with very, and I mean very, loose indie ties. What is even more disappointing is the fact that much of the band’s kitschy piano bounce could be completely interchangeable with labelmates Panic! at the Disco if it weren’t for the fact that the Hush Sound have both male and female vocals. Songs like “Lions Roar” and “Wine Red” settle into the same cabaret aesthetic as the boys from Vegas and singer Bob Morris’s voice even seems to come from the same over-the-top pop-punk vocal school as Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump who, incidentally, co-produced Like Vines and appears on the song “Don’t Wake Me Up.”
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"i'm not down with hearing about some basket case talk about phone sex." Snakes On a Plane!!! who, me? sounds like dude is trying to get laid. what people consider is kind of irrelevent. Of course we're not going to agree on everything, and what good pop punk is. who cares? both Jawbreaker and Green Day are great. so stop being stupid. Well i diasgree that dookie through nimrod are great albums. I consider great pop punk to be jawbreaker, green day is no jawbreaker. Which is why we'll never see eye to eye on green day. 1) Green Day has never made a terrible record. Stop being reactionary. Well when you can show me what they did besides be a typical west coast punk rock band that got big, and started making terrible records then i'm all ears. I like Green Day, although i'm not the biggest fan, but i'll go ahead and say your wrong that they didn't accomplish alot and pave the way for alot of things, because they did. kthnx Four years younger, but you're right, age doesn't mean anything. I was just pointing out that anyone any younger than me, probably wouldn't remember when Green Day broke that well. I don't remember saying the hush sound was great. They're friends of mine and i was defending their sound above anything else in the comparison of the current fueled by ramen roster. And, the hush sound is definitly better than Say anything, given the fact that i am 20; i don't understand why you'd assume i'm not because i'm not down with hearing about some basket case talk about phone sex. Speaking of basket case, green day is total mediocre tripe, i'd listen to the hush sound over that band any day of the week. People need to stop acting like green day did some serious road paving for punk rock and all independant music. And my age shouldn't enter into this at all, but i'd bet i'm older than you. So don't get into a battle of taste with me, when i'm sure op ivy still turns your world upside down. P.S. Ok so I downloaded this expecting badness... and I like it quite a bit. I'm not sure what that means, but I enjoy this album. So, you think the Hush Sound is great, but not Green Day or Say Anything. Yeah, I'm willing to bet you're not even 20 yet. p.s. No, i remember the days you're talking about; and cared for not a one of those mediocre bands that are as mediocre as the FBR pop punk bands are now. Except the impossibles, they had a song or two i enjoyed. Vagrant was were it was at in those times. Why is it that all the anonymous posters that want to take anyone down a peg contradict themselves in the same sentence? How can I be 13, AND talk about how good FBR used to be? Wake up boss, FBR has been synonomous with bad since it's inception in the 90's. That label never had any credibility, nor will it ever. This is nothing new. Every shitty label has a small handfull of bands that are in fact good, you pointing that out is meaningless when the majority of the label is still hell. You are 13. So is Blueline Medic, I think, but they actually do suck now a lot. How a band can fall that far is beyond me. Kane Hodder is still on Fueled By Ramen. I don't care what anyone says, I still love them. Actually, I wasn't implying that the two of you were referring to the old FBR catalogue. I was pointing out the error in calling one genre of bands the FBR sound. Cool, because the reviewer and myself were obviously talking about FBR's back catalouge; you hipster snob. Not to mention that the majority of those bands suck just as much as the new ones do now. Wasn't J church on vagrant anyway? Wake up, fool. "You've pigeon-holed them yourself for being a fueled by ramen band" i dont agree wiht this review at all. this is one of the better records ive heard all year the couple of songs i heard reminded me of ben folds. and his songs are always hit or miss with me. so this could be good. not great, not bad. but good. What a stupid review. You've pigeon-holed them yourself for being a fueled by ramen band. I hear more similarities to sufjan stevens, the anniversary, and mates of state then i do any flavor of the month pop punk band. This just reminds me of younger indie rock of the late 90's, a la vagrant records in it's hayday. Get over yourself, love this band. they are one of my faves lately, i love the first one, these guys are so amazing, im sure theyll get betterin the future This review doesn't read like a 2-star review. Whatever. I like this album and I think these kids have potential to be great. this band sucks. so does this record. The reviewer is correct. This reviewer is an idiot. This is very well written music and these guys have talent, give them some credit. obviously your a hater, but there are only a hand full of good songs. i bet you dont like anything on either of the labels |
