MTV Streaming New Aly & A.J. Album

[koganbot]

MTV streaming new Aly & A.J. album

What I posted on Rolling Teenpop:

I suspect that neither Aly nor A.J. would make as tumultuous an ex-girlfriend as Kelly Clarkson would.

Initial reaction to the MTV stream: bright pop-rock w/ dance touches, not a bad tune on the album, some full-fledged breakup songs and at least one (other) potential makeup song, but sorrow is no impediment to happy tunesmith and joyous wordplay. Epitome of this may be "Division," where the fellow graduates from their relationship by using division - lots of analogy material there, both mathematical and relationship-diploma-after-party-ish. On first listen nothing hits with the gut punch of "Rush" or "Protecting Me" or "Not This Year," though high quality all through might make it hard for anything to stand out. I was expecting and wanting more anguish - yet the two tracks that reach me right away with their passion do so by going quiet not dark: "Silence" and "I'm Here." Excellent on its own terms even if they're not quite the terms I was hoping for. Gobs of good songs.

(And will likely make my year-end top ten.) (And am listening to the song where she likes the fact he doesn't ask for her number, 'cause he's already got her number. Which is a tremendous line, even if I'm not quite sure what it means, other than she likes him.)

Comments

Well....

[cfbgoespop.livejournal.com]

...I don't think I can get behind them.

AJ doesn't believe in monkeys.*

Alyson

* OK, the actual quote was to do with evolution but when I first saw the quote - AJ: "Monkeys? Nope, not buying it", I genuinely thought she didn't believe in monkeys.

Re: Well....

[koganbot]

Monkeys are a myth perpetrated by the capitalist record industry to distract attention from true primates such as orangutans and bonobos, who write their own songs and play their own instruments.