Toronto – When The Subways first came around the block in 2005, they had a fresh bare bones type of garage rock that had some nice grooves. Sounds like ‘At 1 am’ had just the right amount of rock to get someone like me excited. The album, Young For Eternity, while a bit repetitive at times, was a garage rock gem full of catchy tunes. Sure it catered to a MTV rock/Ipod commercial crowd, but you can’t deny the catchyness of tunes such as “City Pavement” and “Rock N Roll Queen”.
Cue 2008, and the young lads and ladie(s) in The Subway are a bit more mature, and this past week, they have released their second album – All or Nothing, which may or may not be named after an O-Town song. How do I know that? I don’t know. The other nite, someone asked who the pink ranger was, and in an instance I was like ‘Amy Jo Johnson’. I guess when you grow up in a desolate outpost in Northern Alberta, there’s nothing better to do then absorb pop culture info. Anyways, the album – it’s more or less the same, only the edge that was all over the first album seemed to be gone. The excitement that made them sound so fresh seems to have dulled. Singles like “Girls and Boys” and “All or Nothing” seem not much different then something you’d hear on any rock radio station in your local city. Not that thats a bad thing, I was probably expecting more.
So to sum it all up, this album is a more toned down, less catchy version of the first album. You’ll get 12 songs of guitar based garage rock I do like the song “Turnaround” one of the few songs with the guy and girl singing, but im a sucker for guy/girl vocal interplay.
2.5/5
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Horaayy..there are 3 comment(s) for me so far ;)
I’m about half way through this album right now. If The Subways were looking for a top 40 break, this album is probably it. The opening track sounds dangerously emo.
-Vik the snob.
P.S.
haha i love 5 guys are stalking a girl in that video.
Haven’t listened to the album as of yet but the first single is catchy