It’s hard not to like something your friends create. Whether it’s good or not is often arbitrary; we all want to support one another and do things that we’re passionate about. (Like this blog. By all accounts this blog is an abomination, but if I tried harder to blow it up I’m sure my friends would get behind me.) Still, every once in a while some friends’ passion will manifest itself into something you actually want to associate with because it actually is good. I feel this way about More Amor.
The band’s debut EP is about as sugary as pop rock music can get, but that’s not such a bad thing. Tom and Kyle’s harmonies are simple, song structures are expected, and the lyrics are about the only thing they truly know: themselves. But simplicity and expectedness are also the strongest attributes of Thanks? because every one of the six songs here are cute (in a ‘you’re so stoned, let’s make out’ kind of way) and earnest (in a ‘I’m so stoned, let’s be honest’ kind of way).
My favorite is “Young Hollywood,” a sort of ode to all the things that remind me of being in LA myself. And that’s the beauty of Thanks?: there’s probably something lyrical on the record any 20-something can find which reminds them about themselves.
Side Note 1: Dubstep breakdown in “Miss Martyr.” Get into it.
Side Note 2: The site hosting the free album download is Is Anyone Up?, the best NSFW site on the internet. Get into it.
February 10, 2011
More Amor - Thanks?
