I'm
not sure if the members of The High Score are leaning
towards pop or trying to hold on to their hard edge,
either way the music on Sexy Losers works great. The
songs on this album are catchy with the near-pop of
"Blown-out Radio" and "Laid Up" that has a rough honest
edge of punk seeping from their seams. It's this punk
feel that takes over on songs like "She Don't Love Me"
and "Call It Vicious." Overall they have a sound like
Alien Crime Syndicate if you took sand paper to them and
did away with most of the production. This album has a
cool flow that seem as though they threw out a produced
sound of studio work for a concert set feel. "Let the
Stupidness Begin" is a great track that is jumpy and raw
and even the more manicured sound of "Let It Go" has
guitar work that almost sounds like early Aerosmith.
There are some great gems on this CD, like "Mohawks and
Birkenstocks" which leans more toward hardcore, and
keeps you wonder if this tog-a-war is to switch up the
sound of the album or if they're just singing the music
that moves them. This on the fence mix of pop and punk
makes for a great CD.
I'm
not sure if the members of The High Score are leaning
towards pop or trying to hold on to their hard edge,
either way the music on Sexy Losers works great. The
songs on this album are catchy with the near-pop of
"Blown-out Radio" and "Laid Up" that has a rough honest
edge of punk seeping from their seams. It's this punk
feel that takes over on songs like "She Don't Love Me"
and "Call It Vicious." Overall they have a sound like
Alien Crime Syndicate if you took sand paper to them and
did away with most of the production. This album has a
cool flow that seem as though they threw out a produced
sound of studio work for a concert set feel. "Let the
Stupidness Begin" is a great track that is jumpy and raw
and even the more manicured sound of "Let It Go" has
guitar work that almost sounds like early Aerosmith.
There are some great gems on this CD, like "Mohawks and
Birkenstocks" which leans more toward hardcore, and
keeps you wonder if this tog-a-war is to switch up the
sound of the album or if they're just singing the music
that moves them. This on the fence mix of pop and punk
makes for a great CD.