Friday, April 25, 2008

Metro Station

I have few guily pleasures, but the pop-rock band Metro Station definitely counts as one of them. Chock full of underage-sex-obsessed lyrics and catchy, danceable beats and melodies, the band plays the kind of music nobody should like but everyone does.

Okay, not everyone; Metro Station is very juvenile and oftentimes very cliche ("California" is a song written by every high school band in the history of time; ironically, they live there). But that doesn't take away from the fact that their songs are absolutely catchy and have more than the potential to be stuck in your head for hours. They have a usually well-produced sound, mixing guitarist Trace Cyrus's spoken vocals with the sweeter melodies of lead vocalist Mason Musso. Fun trivia: the two met on the set of Hannah Montana, that obnoxiously popular show in which their younger siblings both star.

Rounding out the band lineup are the equally skilled Blake Healy on keys and Anthony Improgo on drums. The band isn't amazing, but their debut self-titled album is a great choice for long road trips that need some danceable beats. So as long as you don't mind singing along to lyrics about wishing you were older so your sexual acts wouldn't be illegal, it's a fair addition to your iTunes collection.

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