Pushing
Red Buttons
Self-titled CD
Block
Chord Music
Genres: pop, rock, indie
Sep 22 - 28 2003 |
What?
Why is this album so bloody happy? Pushing Red Buttons
give you pop song after pop song after pop song of
joyful, peppy pseudo-rock, not far off from the Katrina and the
Waves' "Walking on Sunshine" style. Listen to the
annoyingly repetitive "It's a Really Happy World" and you'll
see what I mean. Quite a contrast from the hardcore disc I just
reviewed.
So it's my duty to convey the fact that this is one of the most
irritatingly happy albums I've ever heard. Come over here, hair,
I want to tear you all out. This belongs in the eighties or
something because at this point Painting Red Buttons are going
to have a tough time finding takers for their brand of goofy, happy
pop/rock.
Like Katrina and the Waves without a hit single, Pushing
Red Buttons remains a fringe act with very limited appeal. Why?
68%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 12 tracks, distributed by the
band, released 2003] |