American Hi-Fi – The Art of Losing

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Artist: American Hi-Fi
Title: The Art of Losing
Label: Island
Rating: 5.5/10

Corporate Line: Grabbing romantic failure by the privates while declaring the joys of adolescent indulgence, The Art Of Losing is a rock and roll blitzkrieg.

The Good:
“The Art Of Losing” – Cool intro and decent chorus. The wall of sound is almost impossible to get through.

The Marginal:
“Rise” – It sounds like American Hi-Fi tries to give us what they think we want, not what they think is good.
“The Breakup Song” and “Beautiful Disaster” – Again the wall of sound is there attempting to make up for everything that is lacking with the lyrics.
“Save Me” – Slow verse fast chorus. Sound familiar? I thought the 90’s were over.

The Bad:
“Nothing Left To Lose” – Huh? Kicking like Jackie Chan? That is perhaps the lamest thing I’ve heard in a song in years.

Frankly: Corporate punk rock, but not at its best.

+ rae gun


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