Thursday, October 23, 2008

Rotation

So as some of you may know, Cute Is What We Aimed For released a new CD called Rotation on June 24th, 2008.

Compared to their first album, The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch, Rotation brings a completely new sound to CIWWAF fans all across America. As noted on SmartPunk.com, the success of the first album was greated than what the boys expected. TSOBRWANT "spent countless months on the Billboard Top 200 Charts and quietly sold over 210,000 records...". The article goes on to say how the success of the first album forced the group to mature quickly. The new maturity shows greatly throughout every part of this new album.

I personally enjoy this album a lot, but I don't know if I enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the first album when it first came out. The first album brought a new form of music to my life, and I had 'discovered' the band on my own through PureVolume. Many of my friends had never heard of them, and to this day most of them still don't. I think it'd be interesting to blog with others about the music not everyone listens to -- maybe even creating publicity for them.

I definitely notice the change in tone and mood in the music, and the maturity in the lyrics. Rotation brings a more mellow and diverse album of songs, with most of TSOBRWANT's songs being more upbeat.

The main thing I like best about CIWWAF's albums is the creativity in the lyrics. The word usage and clever phrases are what catch my eye the most. I don't think I've listened to many bands with lyrical creativity like these guys. To be honest, I'm glad they didn't have insanely amazing success with their first album, like Fall Out Boy or Britney Spears would. I'm a fan of many bands like CIWWAF: successful, but still not recognized by all of the nation. I'm always afraid success can corrupt bands, forming into the mold of how society wants them to sound. CIWWAF has a very unique sound, and I want it to stay that way for albums to come.

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