Ex-Boyfriends
Dear John
Absolutely Kosher
2006
Rating: 6.5 gay pickles out of 10
Different people think of different types of music when they hear the term “pop punk”. For some it means radio-friendly pap like Green Day or Blink 182; but for me, I think of Superchunk and Jawbreaker and San Francisco’s newest entry to this field, the Ex-Boyfriends. And while the Ex-BFs don’t really sound like those bands whom they share a descriptor with, they certainly seem to be coming from the same origins. To be sure, this SF trio floats more to the pop side of the spectrum, dashing their music liberally with plenty of “oohs” and “ahs” and that manner of business, but the pace of their songs, brevity of their tracks, and occasional crunch to their tone keeps them from being a pop band exclusively. Singer Colin Daly’s vocals may take some folks a listen or two to adjust to, as he sounds quite a bit like Robert Smith if he weren’t busy making maudlin synth-pop and instead took some trucker speed before performing.
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