 Slushie
"Cause For Concern" CD
Self-released
Genres: alt-rock, pop-punk
Mar 28 - Apr 3 2005 |
Slushie play angst-ridden, whiny pop-punk/alt-rock plagued by
lame lyrics and bland compositions. I've heard this type of
thing too many times before - popular radio is filled with it, and
judging from the piles of CDs I get in the mail, there seems to be far
too much of it in today's market. I appreciate the need for
records like Cause For Concern - I only wish bands like Slushie
could at least try to inject a little something new into the genre,
because it's getting tiresome very quickly.
When the band isn't singing about relationship problems, they're
moaning about meaninglessness and fakeness. It's a very teenage
record, from the repetitive and mercilessly ceaseless power chords to the band's
entourage of depressed one-liners ("The world is a movie and we
are the cast/But I'm in slow motion and you are moving too
fast.") The angst keywords are all here; there are 10
instances of "lost," "losing," and
"lose", 4 instances of "gone," and 19 instances of
"end." Other alt-rock standards, including
"desolateness," "superficiality," and
"misery" are also in abundance.
It isn't hard to see what this record is all about - if you're past
the upset teen stage, you'll just find this irritating. If
you're still in the muck of it, however, you might be able to
appreciate Cause For Concern - though I'd like to think most
teenagers could see right through Slushie's formula.
66%
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
10 tracks, distributed by the
band, released 2004] |
