FIRST GRADE CRUSH
Our Time Down Here (Jump Up!)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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You know, someday, someone is going to listen to me when I say this, but kids? When you put horns in your band, especially a bunch of them, you're gonna have to play with the mix a bit before hitting the "record" button. You can't just stick a microphone in front of a horn section the way you do the rest of the band, because what you'll end up with is what I like to call "horn karaoke"--where you have horns blasting over the rest of the recording as though some pimply guy at home in his living room is practicing along with a record he just bought. Do I need to say anything else about this? It's basically one more noisy pop-punk band with melodic vocals and a really badly-miked and substandard horn section. Oh, that, and according to their press kit, they sound like NOTHING you've ever heard.

© 2002 - Holly Day