Good news for those looking for a nice solid guitar record, full of catchy pop songs. With the American OK Go, a band has finally emerged that understands what pop music is all about. Irresistible hooklines, energetic ensemble playing, beautiful singing melodies and above all a lot of fun. 'Rock-'n'-roll can be fun without being dumb' can be read on the band's site and the boys show how that sounds
… in twelve perfect songs. OK Go makes an intelligent variant of alternative rock, in which both the grotesque from Queen's stadium rock and the quasi-silliness of Weezer have found a place. That sounds complicated, but the power of OK Go's music is that it sounds like it took no effort at all. Responsible for the careless quality of album tracks like You're So Damn Hot and Hello, My Treacherous Friends is the talented songwriter Damian Kulash, who draws inspiration from five decades of pop history. A good example of such a recycled song is the handsome Cure pastiche There's A Fire. OK Go proves on this record that it is also possible to create fascinating guitar pop without deep melancholy or aggression. (MS)more
