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Day And Age
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Via Moderna
Lola Records/North Park Records
Release: 1/25/2005
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Rated:
Review by:
Meagan Rockne
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Day And Age is a trio from Southern California. Right now they seem to be in good company with a lot of talented bands emerging from that locale. However, it may be better for the rest of us if they had stayed there. They set themselves up for disappointment with comparisons to The Rapture, Fugazi and Blonde Redhead. Unfortunately, they fall dramatically short of being anywhere near the caliber of those bands.
The one good thing about their debut album, Via Moderna, is that it only features eight songs. On the other hand, the album is 45 minutes long and not exactly easy to listen to. Their songs are often repetitive - both lyrically and musically. However, I don't think it was the music - that was fairly generic - but the lead singer's vocal quality made the album a chore to listen to. I will give allowances for horrible voices if the person behind that voice is a lyrical genius. The lead singer for Day And Age, however, is not one of them. Day And Age seems to be trying too hard to be cool and cutting edge. It's evident with their song titles and subsequent lyrics - "How Sweet Does Your Sugar Taste," "You Are Not U.S." and "The Day I Saw the Ice." I would expect these titles from knock-off bands of Brand New, Taking Back Sunday or Beulah, but Day And Age is not a knock-off/joke band or at least they are trying not to be.
The best song on Via Moderna is "Frame On Frame." The only reason I liked it was because it has handclaps, and, as everybody knows, handclaps are cool.
The entire time I was listening to this album I kept having flashbacks of the band that wins the battle of the bands in School of Rock. Maybe it's because I expect Day and Age to be perpetually playing in some smoky, beer-drenched dive bar. |
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