MP3: Fare You Well - Take me away
Forgive me, but I must take exception to Jonas Appelqvist's review of Fare You Well. His description of the music is spot-on, but his conclusion? Totally false. It's far from groundbreaking, but I can honestly say that I haven't heard as solid an emopop record as this in many, many years. That might be because I'm woefully and willfully ignorant, but I stand by my statement! It's certainly on par with Last Days of April and, at moments, comes awfully close to matching the highs of Jimmy Eat World. Sure, you can barely recognize the theoretical hardcore/punk heritage this stuff is supposed to possess, though I'd argue that hardly matters anymore. Promise Ring and the Get-Up Kids were only subversive in the context of a tough-guy scene, nowadays this stuff might as well be Bon Jovi. Underground? Who cares. If this is the new arena rock, that's totally okay by me.
Fare You Well - Take me away