2008 Woodie Awards
Pack of Pop: An Entertainment Blog
"Throw it away, forget yesterday, we'll make the great escape, we won't hear a word they say." Boys Like Girls
Casey Tolfree, Online Editor, Emeritus
Issue date: 4/18/07Section: Torch Online Exclusives
In case you hadn't noticed over the past year, I'm a huge fan of the alternative rock genre. Call me an emo kid, I know you want to. It's okay. I am one. So, when I heard Boys Like Girls was going to be playing at the Just Press Play II Concert I was ecstatic. Okay, I'm not going to act like I've followed them since they were underground. Truth? I bought their CD last week because I wanted to know their songs for the concert, but I have been missing out. Boys Like Girls is an incredibly talented band. If you take Something Corporate, Jimmy Eat World, Relient K, Sugarcult, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, and Fall Out Boy and throw all their sounds onto one CD - what an awesome CD that would be - you have BLG. They taken every popular sound in the alternative genre and make a CD that will touch upon the deepest recesses of your soul.
BLG's self-titled debut was released on August 22, 2006. The Boston quartet of guitarist/vocalist Martin Johnson , bassist Bryan Donahue, drummer John Keefe, and guitarist Paul DiGiovanni started by posting online demos before catching the interest of agent Matt Galle and producer Matt Squire. Before long their debut was hitting stands under the Red Ink label.
The album starts off with an alterna-pop ditty entitled "The Great Escape." An anthem to getting away from everyone who is trying to tell you what to do. With familiar guitar riffs and a radio friendly sound, this song made a great debut single and will hook anyone who really just wants to breakaway from it all and live for just one night.
Their second single, "Hero/Heroine" makes me wonder if it's a badly hidden allusion to illegal activities or as the video suggests an innocent crush on a girl. We may never really know but it isn't uncommon for bands in the genre to make reference to the dubious activity. Something Corporate, one of the bands contempories, has a lyric on their debut album that says, "If you could be my punk rock princess, I would be your heroine." The lyrics to the BLG song can definitely go in both directions, discussing his "heroine" as his "sweetest sin."
BLG's self-titled debut was released on August 22, 2006. The Boston quartet of guitarist/vocalist Martin Johnson , bassist Bryan Donahue, drummer John Keefe, and guitarist Paul DiGiovanni started by posting online demos before catching the interest of agent Matt Galle and producer Matt Squire. Before long their debut was hitting stands under the Red Ink label.
The album starts off with an alterna-pop ditty entitled "The Great Escape." An anthem to getting away from everyone who is trying to tell you what to do. With familiar guitar riffs and a radio friendly sound, this song made a great debut single and will hook anyone who really just wants to breakaway from it all and live for just one night.
Their second single, "Hero/Heroine" makes me wonder if it's a badly hidden allusion to illegal activities or as the video suggests an innocent crush on a girl. We may never really know but it isn't uncommon for bands in the genre to make reference to the dubious activity. Something Corporate, one of the bands contempories, has a lyric on their debut album that says, "If you could be my punk rock princess, I would be your heroine." The lyrics to the BLG song can definitely go in both directions, discussing his "heroine" as his "sweetest sin."
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Kalev Pehme
posted 4/20/07 @ 2:49 PM NA
You still haven't done a piece on TV on the Radio, and soon you'll be gone! Anyway, emerita, good work.
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