If either band really were what they appeared to be, they would be dead, either by their own hands or by some epic choking incident. But I will not pan. You see, these are all critic reasons to slag a band. And I suppose that would be fine if critics were the people for whom records are made, but they are not. Pop music like this is made for a pretty specific target audience with pretty specific needs.
Pop music is made for juniors in high school.
These are the ones reading Camus tucked deep inside their American History texts. They re the ones who scare the popular kids learning to have sex. They re scary because they don t have sex. All they know is what they feel right now as 17 year-olds, and it s torture. All they know is that they want to believe it s real and valid.