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22 December 2023
I gotta say, The Academy didn\'t get off to a very enjoyable or even listenable start with its first track, \"The Proverbial Unrest\". It\'s about three-minutes of what sounds like background noise, water pouring, clickety-clacking of glasses, and some mumbling and beeping, all leading to a loud bunch of noise... ugh. Unrest, indeed. Was that the point? Fine. But it\'s not much to listen to.
Things get a little more musical on the remaining five songs. This is decent, latter-day alternative rock. Vaguely poppy with some edge? Check. Emotive singing? Check. As it stands, I\'d say The Academy\'s EP is decent background music for, like, writing a review of it, but nothing to get all goofy and excited about.
But, honestly, if I hadn\'t already heard 800 million other bands that I could easily get confused with The Academy, I bet I\'d heartily recommend this EP. The last five tracks, anyway. But that first one... what the hell, fellas?
Things get a little more musical on the remaining five songs. This is decent, latter-day alternative rock. Vaguely poppy with some edge? Check. Emotive singing? Check. As it stands, I\'d say The Academy\'s EP is decent background music for, like, writing a review of it, but nothing to get all goofy and excited about.
But, honestly, if I hadn\'t already heard 800 million other bands that I could easily get confused with The Academy, I bet I\'d heartily recommend this EP. The last five tracks, anyway. But that first one... what the hell, fellas?
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issue
vol 6 - issue 09 (may 2004)
section
entertainmental