Is it a hit, *hit or miss?
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Somehow
Hollow Busted Wings & Rusted Halos
by antiGUY
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Somehow
Hollow Busted Wings & Rusted Halos
Label: Victory
Records
Hit, *hit or
Miss?: miss
Rating:  
Sometimes there is truth in marketing,
at least when it comes to a band name describing a bands sound then Somehow
Hollow hits the mark straight on. The songs have all of the elements but
end up coming across rather shallow and there isnt much variation here
either, with one songs leading into the next without much distinction.
Weve heard this formula more than enough
times over the past few years. You know power-pop with a punk underpinning.
Or as many call it punk-pop, or pop-punk. Somehow Hallow take a heavier
approach to the genre than most but seemed to have painted themselves into
a corner that they cant escape from by simply digging into the same bag
of musical tricks over and over again and never stepping outside of the
carefully contrived punk-pop box. While they arent quite as generic as
saw New Found Glory, they dont have the pop sensibilities of Blink-182
or the punk edge of their labelmates Snowdogs.
Underneath you hear something unique trying
to breakout but it never does. As it stands the band comes across as a
dime a dozen punk-pop group. When you consider this started out as a side
project for Canadian melodic hardcore rockers Grade, you might expect something
more. This turned into a full time gig when Grade split up and their drummer
turned to bass and joined Avrils band but compared to their old band and
the other punk-pop groups they are trying to compete with like All American
Rejects or even power-poppers like Jimmy Eat World, Somehow Hollow are
just that, pretty hollow. They should have stuck with Grade as the move
from melodic hardcore to punk-pop just isnt as appealing to the ears.
Some bands can do it well and some come across as formulaic, sadly for
Somehow Hollow, they land in the ladder category.
You might like it if you like: New Found
Glory, practically any band on Drive Thru Records.
CD Info and Links
Tracks:
Kamloops
How Winter Killed Our Souls
Darkest Day
Halfway Gone
Walking Clothed Foot
A Lesson in Longing
Broken Chords
Introduction to a Tragic Dream
Never Let You Go
The Witch of Glen Cedar Gate
Busted Stereos and Myself
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