METROPOLITAN
Down For You Is Up (Crank Automotive)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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The vocals on this disc really bug me. It sounds like the vocalist (John Masters) is both singing outside his range and singing with a fake English accent simultaneously - don't know if this has anything to do with the band being from Virginia or not, but it seems like a lot of bands from there like to pretend they're the Davies brothers. Musically, the band is pretty much your standard three-chord power-pop trio, but with the strained vocals, they almost sound like a slowed-down, hung-over Rush more than anything - which I'm tempted to applaud them for if this is an intentional effect, just because it would be such an obnoxious thing to strive for, but I really don't think it is.

© 2002 - Holly Day