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Hey Monday - Hold On Tight
Hey Monday Consists of:
Cassadee Pope (lead vocals)
Jersey Moriarty (bass guitar)
Mike Gentile (lead guitar),
Alex Lipshaw (rhythm guitar)
Elliot James (drums)
When Hey Monday signed to Decaydance Records and the public saw that a girl was on vocals, hate came from every corner of the Internet. The fact that they were signed to Paramore's label's vanity probably didn't help much either. However, the comparisons have gotten older than the jar of peanut butter sitting in my cabinet. In actuality, Hey Monday sound nothing like Paramore. If anything, Hey Monday is much pop and way more mainstream. To put it bluntly, Decaydance and Columbia have found the new Avril Lavigne in vocalist Cassadee Pope and the band's debut album, Hold on Tight, proves it.
Opener "Set Off" sets off the tone for the album, which is summed up as "infectious as monkeypox." Destined to be all over the airwaves, "How You Love Me Now" follows the opener with its explosive chorus, while first single "Homecoming" shines during its bridge. Each riff hits harder than the one before and the vocals seem to keep getting stronger as each note goes by. "Obvious" has a beaty rhythm which causes it to be like We The Kings when the chorus kicks in.."Candles" is my favourite song as Cassadee really express her feelings in the song with the singing.
"Hold on Tight" is definitely one of the best this year as far as straight up pop goes.This album brightens up my mood everytime i hear it..to any Hey Monday haters out there, I recommend they stay indoors, because it's only a matter of time until Hey Monday is everywhere and everyone loves it.
Overall rating: 9/10
Hey Monday Consists of:
Cassadee Pope (lead vocals)
Jersey Moriarty (bass guitar)
Mike Gentile (lead guitar),
Alex Lipshaw (rhythm guitar)
Elliot James (drums)
When Hey Monday signed to Decaydance Records and the public saw that a girl was on vocals, hate came from every corner of the Internet. The fact that they were signed to Paramore's label's vanity probably didn't help much either. However, the comparisons have gotten older than the jar of peanut butter sitting in my cabinet. In actuality, Hey Monday sound nothing like Paramore. If anything, Hey Monday is much pop and way more mainstream. To put it bluntly, Decaydance and Columbia have found the new Avril Lavigne in vocalist Cassadee Pope and the band's debut album, Hold on Tight, proves it.
Opener "Set Off" sets off the tone for the album, which is summed up as "infectious as monkeypox." Destined to be all over the airwaves, "How You Love Me Now" follows the opener with its explosive chorus, while first single "Homecoming" shines during its bridge. Each riff hits harder than the one before and the vocals seem to keep getting stronger as each note goes by. "Obvious" has a beaty rhythm which causes it to be like We The Kings when the chorus kicks in.."Candles" is my favourite song as Cassadee really express her feelings in the song with the singing.
"Hold on Tight" is definitely one of the best this year as far as straight up pop goes.This album brightens up my mood everytime i hear it..to any Hey Monday haters out there, I recommend they stay indoors, because it's only a matter of time until Hey Monday is everywhere and everyone loves it.
Overall rating: 9/10
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