Sometimes
I feel as if the best music cannot be described with words. Unfortunately for The Feel Bad Hit of the
Winter, I can describe their music with many words, and more so to the point
not only can I break them down into a trio of bands that they sound like
throughout this EP but also specific songs by those bands.
The
thing is, these songs on this EP don’t remind me of bad songs, but rather songs
I’ve just heard too many times before.
Weezer’s “Undone” is one of their most cliché songs because it was their
first radio single. Blink 182’s “Stay Together for the Kids” is
not one of their better hits. And
lastly, I hear Foo Fighters “Big Me” coming out during this EP and that’s a
song I do believe they no longer even play live because they’re sick of
it. (Or sick of getting hit with Mentos,
but I think concert goers should do that anyway)
I
guess my real problem with this EP is that I see so much of myself in it—underachieving,
squandered talent, etc. The songs just
lack a certain something that other bands along the same lines do have that
makes them so special. With a just a
little hint of fire or passion, The Feel Bad Hit of the Winter could venture
over into territory the likes of which only Samiam, Cadillac Blindside, Liars
Academy and precious other few have seen.
The
last song really sums this up best: “Sleepwalking”. I feel like this band is sleepwalking
through its songs, as it seems more like a cover band of some sort than a band
actually serious about music. This EP serves as a constant reminder that mediocre
is never good enough, though we often have to accept that at various times in
our lives we will just never be good enough.
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