
Ironically, given the electro/new wave vibe of the album's first single, "Love in Your Arms," one would be led to believe that this album sounds like a pop-punk album from out of space. Quite the contrary, this album is similar in many ways to their previous effort, The Land of Fake Believe. This is not a bad thing, as the songwriting, production, and vocals are better than the stellar debut, making this latest CD a slamming blast of good-natured poppy punk tunes. Imagine Stellar Kart with a little more energy, or even EARLY Relient K before they turned to "Motion City Soundtrack Part II." Eleventy Seven has stuck to their guns here, much like Hawk Nelson and Stellar Kart have done. Listen, I am a fan of punk rock and this is far from it, but that does not mean it isn't high quality stuff. I love Sum 41, Dropkick Murphys, Billy Talent, etc. as well. This music is just more mainstream, that's all. Bands like Eleventy Seven provide some energetic, melodic punch to a genre that has long since tired of the self-loathing and brooding of emo and screamo. 11t7 may be way more pop than punk, but they are more ROCK than 85% of other bands out there. So put this in your car stereo and crank this baby up, and let the positive vibe drown out the pretentious, self-aware bands out there that have polluted mainstream radio. PS if you love this album check out the album "Third Times A Charm" by a group called Better Luck Next Time. Having a bad day? Eleventy Seven and Better Luck Next Time will cure everything! TURN IT UP LOUD!!!!
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