Shout Out Louds
Our Ill Wills
Merge
2007
Rating: 7 diablo drinks out of 10
The debut album by the
Shout Out Louds, “Howl Howl Gaff Gaff,” was a pop record
through and through, but it has nothing
on the shimmer and
hooks contained in their sophomore follow-up “Our Ill Wills”. Gone
is any inkling of a rock
edge, and in its place they’ve polished up all
the rough bits and made a product so shiny you’ll need sunglasses to
look
at it. I suppose that could be good or bad
depending on the listener - were I forced to pick between their two
releases, I prefer their first album; but this second record is so
crammed full of catchy songs it would be really hard not to enjoy
this
newest outing by the band. If you can
imagine a
combination of Swedish twee outfit Acid House Kings and British make-up
aficionados The Cure, you’ll get a general idea of what the Shout Out
Louds have to offer (the second comparison being especially apt, since
the singer of the Shout Out Louds has an eerily similar voice to that
of Robert Smith
of the Cure). A band certainly
worth checking out for any fan of pop music, be it their first record
or this newest one;
you’ll most likely not be disappointed either way.
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