The second single release from I Was A Cub Scout includes predictable musical pains full of heartfelt emotions, but their efforts just don’t push hard enough. Tune titles appear stamped on randomly as they share too-common lyrical objectives and musical wrapping that simply sounds like everything else.
‘I Hate Nightclubs’ begins with a couple of comfort chords run over by some fluttering keyboard flights, and it’s all kept afloat by some feverish humming drumming. Todd Marriot’s vocal efforts strain with aches of common teenage angst and spin into some languid ah-oh-las as if he’s prematurely run out of steam. Mentions of a nightclub are no where to be found. The song swirls into dead silence to expose an isolated keyboard melody, bridging itself nicely into a close, I guess. What could be sincerely earnest just resembles shabby vulnerability; ideas and directions are clear but nothing is packaged tight enough to pack a punch.
‘Oh! What a Fiasco’ doesn’t resonate enough of a heavy-hitting conflict to deserve such a title. It operates much like ‘I Hate Nightclubs’: it exhausts twinkling keyboard escapes to piece some feeble portions to some more feeble parts of the same species. Drumming picks up the pace on this one to make it mildly exciting, but the combination is just not tough enough to be completely redeeming. Too many parts modest, not enough parts assertive: results are too politely forced to create a lasting impression. What could perhaps potentially provoke upright intentions of an inventive pop sensibility sounds too much like filler combinations of common scraps that simply fail to grasp durable skin.
I Was a Cub Scout is a group I really pine to enjoy, but it just doesn’t happen.
yup
in fact i just posted a review on this with much of a similar opinion.
havn't heard the single version
of this yet
but i really really love the Pink Squares single, and am very much looking forward to seeing them live
hmm
I'm not so sure about this review.
I haven't heard 'Oh! What a Fiasco'
so I can't comment on that part of the review, but I think 'I Hate Nightclubs' is a great tune.
"Mentions of a nightclub are no where to be found" - so what? Considering whether the title of a song may/may not have much to do with the lyrics is pretty pointless.
I think the ending is really good. Certainly makes a change from the usual pop fodder, of repeating the chorus over-and-over until you get sick to death of it.
I think 5 is a bit harsh. I'd have given it a 7+. Although in fairness I haven't heard the B-side and I might hate that.
crap
.
lyrics/title
correspondence pointless, true. there's just no unity in their music, it goes no where and it's unsatisfying
it's actually
their third single.
not heard this one yet, but i still really enjoy them live..
even with
the dancing?
sorry
my sources were incorrect. i enjoyed them live as well, but only because i was distracted by toddy's mullet.
it is pretty impressive
:)
Bollocks
The review that is. This single is great, it's somewhat of a grower where previous Cub Scout stuff has been more immediate but it's aces nonetheless. Sounds great live too.
It's a CHOON
Go and see them live, you cannot fail to enjoy yourself.
yeah
that last sentence sums up my feelings quite well
i want to support the reviewer
it's a bit ho hum and i think the review explains why quite nicely
thanks for this review
honesty is the best policy.
but please next time spell my name right, dumb ass.
sorry about that
i actually referred to you by your first name--editor plugged in your surname, rather a silly mistake:)
not guilty.
Great Tune
this a great tune, IWACS are going places. and fast :-)
i think
there is a connection between the title and the lyrics. but there's a lot more to be said for the musical side of things for these guys as well. plus being this age is about shabby vulnerability, its great!
well
i sighed 14 times while reading this review.
14.
that is to say i disagree with it...greatly.
rolling in?
Godly awesome pink square was. this one is all right, but not a masterpiece. was disappointed with the new single I heard on myspace which is supposed to come out soon. may be they're rushing too much - it may be better for them to spend more time and develop their music. i don't believe pink square was a fluke, the talent is there - come on, prove it guys.