No way back
Hundred Reasons
This week is preppy, guitar driven US-indie rock. You know the kind of thing; mock-distressed musicians moan into the microphone and pretend to be Nirvana but either lack the balls or don't fancy getting their hair messed up in the process. It's the kind of the music you might get in a car advert as a youngish, buttoned down family man drives along the coast and smiles at his fawning wife. It sounds like a thousand other US-indie rock tracks. I wish I could play an instrument and show these bozos what to do with music ... er, anyway, moving on; the main mail vocal lead and backing singers moan into microphone over mid-tempo percussion, dribbling on like a wounded rabbit about some girl or other. The lead is prone to shouting into the mic with a sprinkle of angst in his voice. It's mostly just a nasal sound that US popsters are predisposed to. I loathe this kind of crap. It posturing, pouty nonsense. Expect to hear it on a sitcom soundtrack, playing in the background as the Dad and son make up after a fight.
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Every week, Apple gives away a song from one of the artists on its roster at iTunes, but while we like this generous bit of marketing, there are two problems. First, Apple doesn't provide an RSS feed alerting you to the free single of the week, but more importantly, there's no way or knowing if the track is any good. MacFormat is here to solve both problems with our new Single of the week category here on macformat.co.uk.
* Even though these songs are free, you'll need to have a valid iTunes Store account. You'll also need to have iTunes installed; though the link above should prompt you to install iTunes if it's not already there on your Mac or PC, you can click here to download iTunes manually.
