WCB Music Writer
Boys Like Girls
Boys Like Girls
Released - August 22, 2006
Producer - Matt Squire
Label - Columbia, Red Ink
The other day I
was on my usual music fix at a Best Buy when I noticed Boys Like Girls
self-titled debut album in the bargain bin. Immediately it took me back several
years. As I recall I was in high school when it released in 2006.
It took only a
simple run through for me to remember why it was such an amazing record. The
continuous pulsing of pop/alternative rock controls the head-bop in and out of
each song. It is rare to find an album that completely engrosses a vast amount of
emotions throughout and until conclusion.
It begins with “The
Great Escape,” a fast paced race through a final night of farewells and adolescent
angst leaving melancholy thoughts for a later time. Then it bleeds into an
immediate introduction of “Five Minutes to Midnight” a song that starts with an
easy-going guitar melody and traces its way through jolting lyrical lines. “Hero/Heroine”
plays out the role of an unstoppable love. The fifth song on the album “Thunder”
is the anthem of a summer lust – the line “Your voice was the soundtrack of my
summer” explains it all, combining amateur fantasy with critical reality. The 10th
song is “Heels Over Head” another running love song consisting of smooth words
and rigid guitar spurts. It takes sudden heartbreak and ghostly memories to the
pop level. A track that no doubt became a song used to brand exes.
I find it hard to
discover a debut album that is so fun and relatable. The timing of my nostalgic
music taste could not have come at a better time. After releasing their
sophomore album, Love Drunk, (2009) the
members took a short hiatus, which accompanied losing their bassist Bryan
Donahue (due to side projects).
The band recently released an EP titled Crazy World, on July 17, 2012, to promote
their third studio album. The full-length album Crazy World is planned to release this fall. It seems to me that
sometimes a band can release an epic album and never be known for anything
else. They’ve had hit singles before and yet they continue to keep popularity.
I don’t see why they couldn’t do it again. Stay Tuned…
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