9.08.2009

Boys Like Girls


I'll be the first to admit that BLG is a band of "sell-outs," and maybe they have been from their start with their self-titled debut last year - but its especially obvious now with the created-for-radio single Love Drunk (the hook is "I used to be love drunk but now I'm hungover"). But where their songs used to be catchy emo lyrics sets to run-of-the mill pop-punk, they have added some variety into the mix. With a standard structure ballad featuring Taylor Swift (Two Is Better Than One), a song that sounds stolen from Switchfoot (Someone Like You), and a song breaking the six-minute mark (Go), Boys Like Girls changed it up some. As a guilty fan of them, I have to admit that they are worth keeping up with - I'm already interested to know what they do with album #3.

"yeah she's got a boyfriend and I've got a rock band"