Songs:
“My Turn” – This sounds like Hooba is trying way too hard. Rock natural if you are going to rock—instead of sounding pained and strained.

“I Don’t Think I Love You” – Wimpy verses that sound like a boy band with a chorus that isn’t half bad—what a shame.

“So Close, So Far” – So close but so far indeed. It’s so close to bush league and so far from being good. No guts, no soul.

“All About You” – Could end up on top 40 radio which almost means nothing. It’s a wussy ballad that seems to find a home in the hearts of teenage girls.

“Tears of Yesterday” – This is so corny. Seriously, did someone separate these guys from their manhood?

“Sick of Hanging On” – Are they joking? How could this album get any worse?

“You’re The One” – I have to give Hooba credit for trying to write an arena rock ballad. They get half-way there.

Frankly: This is a poor excuse for a record. All the songs that attempt to rock are nothing but yelling and pomp. It’s annoying. This is an unbelievably boring rock album. Skip it; this is primed for the bargain bin.

Along with their record release, more than two decades after the music video explosion of the early 1980s, triple Grammy nominees Hoobastank are taking the medium to the next level with their groundbreaking “My Turn” video. Helmed by Grammy nominated director P.R. Brown (Goo Goo Dolls, Matisyahu, Slipknot) and programmed by Daniel Kim from Deep Fried Productions—www.deepfriedproductions.com (Gwen Stefani, Nine Inch Nails, M.I.A.), the innovative “My Turn” music video is interactive, allowing viewers to control the on-screen action.

Designed to be viewed online the eye-popping video has the look and feel of a video game, complete with different characters and varying scenarios. Wearing different costumes and swapping instruments, each member of Hoobastank (lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Doug Robb, guitarist Dan Estrin and drummer Chris Hesse) performed and was shot individually against a green screen. Together with a gaggle of guests (bikini models, senior citizens, Robb’s mother and father-in-law, among others), the band created a video that’s truly unique—one that offers fans a new experience with each viewing. The video can be seen at http://myturn.hoobastank.com/

“This is a new direction for music videos,” says director P.R. Brown. “I think we’re witnessing only the beginning of what will surely be a new form of technology that brings fans closer to the music.”

A made-for-television version of the video premiered January 9th on AOL’s Music Page and quickly went into rotation on MTV2, MTVu and MTV Hits.

“You’ll have the option to create any version of it that you want,” says Robb. “You can have Chris sing while I play guitar in drag with an old lady on drums. And you can keep switching it up as the video goes along. Create an all Dan band. An all dog band. Whatever you want. The options are endless. It’s very cool and I think that the fans are gonna have fun with it.”