Laughing Suns - Solarflares (The)

Advantages: cheese ( in a good way)
Disadvantages: CHEESE

...I got the westlife album at christmas and felt like laughing- me, 14 and getting cheesy pop!?!?!?!? Especially as I prefer bands like Slipknot and KoRn. then I listened to it, and, whether i admit it or not, its qiute good. But no, when I feel sad there's nothing better to do than curl up in a ball with a cup of hot chocolate and listen to a slow sad song by westlife. This album is really quite good and there slots of teh no.1 hits on it ( Seasons in the sun, Flying without wings, If I let You Go etc...), and as westlife are the latest craze of all 12 year old girls hearts then tehy're sure to be here for a long time. The actual album is really really really cheesy, and some bits you totally know whats gonna be said next, but, overall, for a complete 100% cheese band it's good. I wouldn't of bought it, and if I didn't get given... Read review

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Advantages: Feeder are amazing. Oh, "Buck Rogers" and "Seven Days In The Sun". Not too costly.
Disadvantages: Lots of hype.

...The challenge is to find someone - anyone - who doesn’t like Feeder’s “Buck Rogers”. When the phrase “absolutely amazing” was first bandied about it was nothing but an empty and meaningless collection of words but now, at last, “Buck Rogers” is here and can give it meaning. If you do manage to find someone who doesn’t like “Buck Rogers” then pity them or point and laugh at them, which ever seems more appropriate. That said, make sure that they’re not assuming “Buck Rogers” has anything to with Buck Rogers in the 21st Century because it doesn’t (except, ironically enough, being a Buck Rogers in the 21st Century). No, there are no Tweedies or Hawk men allies in his album. “Buck Rogers” does have an ally though in the form of “... Read review

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Advantages: Re-working of old songs, emotional stuff
Disadvantages: A few don't work so well this way, rather sad

...Keith Caputo first made his name fronting New York hardcore band, Life Of Agony. Some people, trying to heighten the contrast between them and his later work, make out like they were Amen or something. The truth is that Life Of Agony got progressively mellower, such that by their third and final album with Keith, Soul Searching Sun [1997], they were able to produce the commercial post-grunge single 'Weeds'. Anyway, Keith soon left the band (to be briefly replaced by ex-Ugly Kid Joe frontman Whitfield Crane) and spent some time working on a solo release, Died Laughing. In hindsight, you can see it coming, but at the time it was still something of a shock. Gone with all the angst and musical heaviness, he'd produced an album heavy only in the emotional/lyrical sense, but that was very much a typical singer-songwriter fare, closer to David... Read review

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