OK Pewter - Mabon

Advantages: catchy tunes, cute band
Disadvantages: a bit too poppy and simple for some, unoriginal

...A couple of years ago, my housemate Marisa and I were lamenting the fact that we never start liking bands until they have become well-established. This year 2000 conversation was brought on by the fact that I was really into Radiohead's 'The Bends', but the band had already moved on to a different style. Yes, I am behind the times. But at least I admit it. Marisa and another friend of ours (Michelle) discovered OK Go when they were opening for a band called They Might Be Giants. I was not at this concert, since I find TMBG to be extremely irritating, but I liked the sound of OK Go, as described by my friends. The thing that sold me was the fact that they had covered 'Hold the Line' by Toto and that they were cute. This band is nerdy enough to be non-threatening, but young and attractive in a traditional heart-throb way, as well... Read review

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Advantages: A Couple of jaunty, bouncy pop songs
Disadvantages: Too much filler

...Not too long ago, there was a great song on the music channels by a band called OK Go. It came very close to making the Top 20 in the UK charts and then…the band seemingly vanished. Sure, there was a brief use of one of their songs in the film "Wimbledon", but no other signs. Were they destined to be nothing more than one hit wonders? It hardly seems fair. There have been quite a few performances recently from bands that have deserved to be one hit wonders, or even one less than that, who somehow managed to get a second album released. Something Corporate were allowed to follow up "Punk Rock Princess" with "If You See Jordan". If the whiny voiced InMe and the stupidly haired Toploader can get a second single release, why not OK Go, whose first didn't assault our eardrums anywhere near as badly as theirs did. Album opener "Get Over... Read review

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Advantages: Incredibly catchy songs
Disadvantages: Too short?

...Having first heard the opening track "Get Over It" on a video on the internet I was immediately hooked. Asking my friends I found that none of them had heard of Ok Go - certainly none of them had heard the CD. I was determined to hear more. Buying the CD was the best decision I had made in a while. All of the tracks are ridiculously catchy, usually upbeat and well written. After the opening track "Get Over It", which you feel obligated to learn the lyrics to IMMEDIATELY, comes an equally upbeat song "Don't Ask Me" and one of my favourites "You're So Damn Hot". Following this are two tracks I did not to expect to find on the album "What to Do" and "1000 Miles Per Hour" each providing fantastically memorable lyrics such as "Sweetheart, you'll find mediocre people do exceptional things allthe time" and "We'll fly by wheat fields... Read review

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