As I have said in the past, I'm really not a love song fan. The track is about Trevor's moment of truth, realizing he loved a girl. "Waste Of Time" is a bit formulaic in the music, but the lyrics take it far.įinally, the last track is "Moment Of Truth". Trevor speaks of knowing what it feels like to be on the outside, and is one of my favorites off the album. I'll admit I laughed at the lyric that said, "don't try to page me". It's something that stands out on the album. Next we have "What It Feels Like" and I like the opening with the drum rolls very much. I like this song a lot, but I find the repeating "art, art, art, art, art" takes away from the song. "Nice Piece Of Art" is a good song about how we have all been made unique by God. Another song about girls is "Girl Of The Year". I find songs like this a bit silly, but FM Static has a reputation for being fun and crazy! I really like the music in this song though. "The Video Store" carries some synth and punk riffs, and is a song about meeting a girl at a video store. "Tonight" is a very beautifully done track. I found out it is actually a song about Trevor McNevan's brother who passed away when they were children. "Tonight" follows, and was a pretty popular track off the cd. Definitely a punk anthem, "The Next Big Thing" is about breaking into the music industry, but using your fame to make a difference, and is a fun listen.Īlmost halfway through the album, "America's Next Freak" is all about standing up to those who put us down, finding ourselves in music, and name drops pretty much every artist in the music industry! It's an alright song, but not a favorite. "The Next Big Thing" is exactly what the song is about. This is one of the best songs on the album. "Six Candles" is one of the slower songs on the album, which is a welcome addition because FM Static's first cd didn't have any slow songs at all! "Six Candles" is a beautiful song about trusting in God whenever people say He's not real. It really doesn't have much meaning, but is one of those fun songs. "Critically Ashamed" begins with a cute intro track that has Trevor's niece wishing him well on his next gig, and that track leads into "Flop Culture" which is a fun punk song in which Trevor laments the state of music in this decade. It is also my least favorite album from FM Static, but it definitely is not awful! Let's get to the review! "Critically Ashamed" is the sophomore effort released in 2006 from FM Static. The following year the band announced they were working on new material and their fourth album, My Brain Says Stop, But My Heart Says Go!, was released in 2011.Good, but not their best effort. The album was a success, helping the band to break onto the Billboard 200. The duo ramped up their songwriting for their next album, the 2009 concept album and rock opera Dear Diary, which featured a narrative told through the fictional characters diary entries. The guys followed up three years later with Critically Ashamed. FM Static supported it with a nationwide tour that fall. Joined by bassist Justin Smith and guitarist John Bunner, McNevan and Augustine issued FM Static's debut on Tooth & Nail in July 2003 it featured 11 positive-thinking songs about girls, high school, and summertime. A million miles away from TFK's blustery rap-metal, FM Static had much more in common with the fizzy, immediately accessible pop-punk of blink-182 or Good Charlotte. Toronto's FM Static was the pop-punk side project of Thousand Foot Krutch's Trevor McNevan (vocals/guitar) and Steve Augustine (drums).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |