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The Plus Ones - It's a Calling

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Tracklist

1. What Will People Say
2. All the Boys
3. It's Not You, It's Me
4. Serve in Heaven/Rule in Hell
5. I Stand Corrected
6. Lips That Never Will Touch Mine
7. Touring in the Fall
8. It's Still Not Happening
9. Natalie Please
10. Make a Confession
11. Nowhere to Go But Up

This is an indie/power-pop/rock band straight out of the Bay Area, California. This band has contains previous members of such great bands as The Mr. T Experience, The Receivers, and Pansy Division, so you can expect some great tunes by this band. This is The Plus Ones first full length release and it's wonderfully catchy. This is their first full length and its being released through Asian Man Records. "The Plus Ones is a band that is loud, without actually being punk, pop without being cloying, and sincere without coming within a mile of emo. Imagine a marriage between the melody of The Beatles, the lyrical style of Elvis Costello, and the big sound of Weezer, and you still wouldn't quite nail the unique sound of these guys."

1-What Will People Say (Clean guitar riffs mixed in with hard, distorted riffs. Nice indie rock type song with a touch of punk.)
2-All The Boys (Punkish type song with catchy guitar riffs and happy singing. Great guitar solo in the middle of the song.)
3-Its Not You, Its Me (My favorite song on this album. Absolutly the most catchy emo/indie rock song I have ever heard. With so many catchy guitar riffs and so much harmonized singing that it makes you want to crap your pants.)
4-Serve in Heaven/Rule in Hell (Clean guitar with nice mellow bass throughout the entire song in evenly spaced intervals, but also rocks out in between.)
5-I Stand Corrected (Spaced out guitar riffs, with stopping and starting and alot of mellow parts throughout the song.)
6-Lips that Never Will Touch Mine (Indie rock/emo song for pretty much the entire song accept for a few harder parts. Lots of strange things done with the guitar during this song.
7-Touring in The Fall (Sort of a beach sounding song but with more of a rock/emo sound to it. Lots of catchy guitar riffs in this song as well.)
8-Its Still Not Happening (Bass and vocals start out and then come the guitar and drums. Pausing guitar riffs with a great bass line throughout the entire song.)
9-Natalie Please (Old-timey rock type song mixed with an emo sound. Sounds like a traditional love ballad with a little punk and emo influence.)
10-Make a Confession (Feedback beginning then totally rocks out into a punk/rock/emo song. Starting and stopping guitars during this song as well.)
11-Nowhere To Go But Up (A really, really emoish song with clean guitars for most of the song. Also has a few places where it gets a little harder and more distorted.)

This album has a total of 11 tracks with a total running time of about 35 minutes.

Extremely catchy, nothing like anything Asian Man has released before. Extremely well done and quite diverse sounds. Original, original, original.

--James Stirling