Runner Runner - Runner Runner
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Generic Pop PunkDrying Paint
Growing Grass
Reading the Dictionary
Release Date
09/28/2010
Label
Capitol RecordsTracklist
01. So Obvious02. Unstoppable
03. Papercuts
04. Hate The Way
05. Hey Alli
06. Life After You
07. Falling
08. She's My Kinda Girl
09. History Her Story
10. 21
11. See You Around
12. Running Away
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Let’s be honest, Saosin’s latest effort, In Search of Solid Ground, was anything but solid, and because of its flopping Capitol Records dropped them like John Mayer drops famous blondes. The pattern is likely to repeat itself shortly with Runner Runner, who were picked up by Capitol and will be releasing their travesty of a debut album in a little under a month... which will be followed by their subsequent dismissal from Capitol's roster.
I’m going to come right out and sacrifice my few scattered shreds of professional integrity: I could not finish this album. I listened to the first few tracks in my car. My windows were down, the speed limit was irrelevant, my volume dial near-deafening—the conditions were perfect to enjoy just about anything. It was just my discerning ear and Runner Runner’s Runner Runner that ruined the mood. Instead of triumphant, catchy hooks trumpeting from my stereo, blistering the euphoria receptors of my brain, six tracks anemically dribbled and puttered out of my speakers before I shut it off and drove home, awe-struck, in silence.
You’ve heard this album before. Trust me. You may not think so, but if you were to take all of the discarded scraps and C-sides bands like Cartel, All Time Low and Anberlin left on their studio floors and collect them into a pile of reeking mediocrity, you’d have a white board titled “ideas” in Runner Runner’s practice space. At their essence, Runner Runner is unoriginal pop rock at its most unoriginal.
The band’s needlessly wordy biography promises “one mighty sound” and “skillful songwriting and musicianship, punk-infused intensity and humongous pop hooks.” Let me revise and condense their biography using my finely tuned editor’s skills: “One day five dudes from SoCal decided that getting chicks to sleep with them was too difficult and formed a pop rock band. Combining hackneyed, trite songwriting, uninspired musicianship, a complete and total lack of intensity, and medium-to-below-average-sized pop hooks, they were major label darlings almost overnight. They only needed a name as redundant as their music; thus, Runner Runner was born. This is one mighty awful sound. Prepare to never hear about them six months from now.”
--Zach Roth
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...and Victory will pick them up.
Fishers, Indiana
I actually finished this album as I was writing up the review. Big mistake.
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Independence, KY
Oh my god.
Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxRNKeMkAeY
Look at the drummer and notice random head nod at 2:12. hahahahahah TOOLS
Fishers, Indiana
I'm... slightly bummed that I seem to share the same hairstyle at the lead singer. Need haircut.
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Minneapolis, MN
And they love us for it. http://twitter.com/RunnerRunner/status/22558449304
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Pueblo, CO
The music video seems to encapsulate one of their shows perfectly.
(Well, up until the 3:00 mark anyway).
Atascadero, CA
I sort of feel bad, used to kinda know these dudes when Over It was on Warped 2004. Made better friends with Seth than the other dudes, but he's not in RR so I don't feel as bad.
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Fishers, Indiana
My friend, upon reading my review:
xxxxxxx 6:33 pm
I'm listening to "So Obvious" to see what you were talking about
This is so bland
It's the melody that's the problem
And the words
They are using 5 notes for the whooooole tune
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Dubuque
I just felt the album was lackluster. The single is catchy, but that's about it. Just felt like the album was rushed or something.
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Sunshine Coast, Australia
wow, this is brutal.
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Baton Rouge
This is really terrible. The autotune on the vocals is like kicking someone in the nuts after you've already shot them in the stomach and stolen their wife and children.
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Green Brook, NJ
this band shares members with Over It? if that's the case, why do they suck so horribly? over it was fucking rad.
Columbus, Ohio
Recommending: Anberlin, Interpol, Chamberlain, House of Heroes
PA
So if these songs sound like b-sides (or c-sides) from "better" pop punk bands, what actually makes those pop punk bands any good?
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Fishers, Indiana
You hate pop punk. I couldn't adequately explain that to you even if I wanted to. :P
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Illinois
i listened to this band on youtube, wow, they suck. even absolute punk said this sucked.
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Wilmington DE
I just listened to the single on youtube and most of the fansleft comments that pretty much consist of....the lead singer looks like Clive Owen...no he looks like Pete Wentz....no he looks like Gabe from Cobra Starship.
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