Rooney: Calling The World

Rooney - Calling The World

Review by Will Dean

Like Phantom Planet without the famous drummer (albeit with Phantom Planet’s ex-drummer’s brother), like Phoenix without the Gallic charm, like U2 sans guitarist: Rooney lack edge. In fact there’s less edge in Rooney’s second LP than a cliff struggling against the indefatigable power of salt water erosion – this stuff wouldn’t get on the One Tree Hill soundtrack, let alone The O.C.’s...»