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Review |
Hellogoodbye
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CD Title:
Hellogoodbye
Genre:
Synth-pop-punk
# of Tracks:
6
Release Date:
Out now in all good record stores
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Reviewed on Apr 27, 2005
by Gary Lancaster (Gary).
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Hellogoodbye; isn't that a Beatles track? Apparantly so, but it's nothing to do with the name, says Forrest Kline, vocalist and guitar player in the band. The name is infact, a quote from Screech in an episode of Saved By The Bell. So much for deep meanings huh?
One of the stranger signings to Drive Thru Records, Hellogoodbye is Forrest Kline, Jesse Kurvink, Marcus Cole and Chris Profeta, four high school pals who started a band in order to have fun... something this EP screams from the moment track one fires up to the second track six fades out.
Keyboard emphasised pop punk... many Drive Thru fans may automatically make the correlation between Hellogoodbye and Something Corporate... well, don't. It's nothing similiar. Think Halifax meets Motion City Soundtrack... you're getting closer, but you are still way way out. It's a new genre, i'm sure.
Track one, Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn is an addictive slice of Hellogoodbye pie. It's tight melodies and notoriously MSN name quoted lyrics make it a song you'll want to hear again and again. After I heard it, I decided that this had sold the EP to me anyway. It couldn't go downhill.. I'd just have to listen to that first track again.
Call N' Return is another ridicuously catchy pop gem, and will undoubtedly stick in your head just as much as Hellogoodbye. It's simple hooks do their job.
The two Bonnie Taylor Shakedown tracks on the album (3 and 6 respectively) are fragile ode's to the bands trials and tribulations... admittedly... one is a dance remix of the first... but both sound as great as each other. A compliment, as oppose to a competition.
Track four, Jesse Buy Nothing, is, and I'm not going to lie... a little odd. It's one of the tracks that makes you wonder about the band. Musical Insanity, is the best quote i've heard about it so far. It's the way Jesse of the band asked a girl out to prom. After hearing it... I can't help but wonder, did she accept? I'll let you decide.
The EP ends on a sour-sweet note in the form of 'Dear Jamie... sincerely me' where the band offer a pop-rock (Weezer?) ballad expressing the impermanence of relationships. A deeper track than any other on the ep; but just as convincingly great.
If this EP is anything to go by, the full length offering from Hellogoodbye sounds pretty exciting. I'm not sure where this new wave of Synth punk came from.... but I'm liking it.. and the best... the BEST thing about this EP? You can hear the entire thing on their Purevolume site. Check it out, all links are below.
Audio: Hear the EP on purevolume
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Is it just me, or is this Gary guy, the most talented, most amazing, hottest, most incredible writer? I could...
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Posted Apr 27, 2005 by
garyrulesall.
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er... lol
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Posted Apr 27, 2005 by
Gary.
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FORRESTTT...hellobooybye is such a good band.all of you listen to them now.
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Posted Apr 30, 2005 by
kait___hipv.
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Oh, just to let you know, the girl in fact did accept to Jesse's asking. ^___^
and I &hearts...
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Posted May 5, 2005 by
deaddisco.
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hellogoodbye efing rox!! i like shimmy shimmy quarter turn...it rox too!!! ;] :pink: :pink: lol...
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Posted May 10, 2005 by
atreyurockergirl.
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