The Party of Helicopters is not something you would expect out of Ohio. It's not wholesome or all-American or classic rock. It's also not worth buying into.
Their newest album, Please Believe It, has a pretty retro look to it, and originally gave me hope.
After listening to the first three songs, I was at a loss for words. The boys spend these 10 songs trying to imitate girls [at least that's what it sounds like] only to end up recording the tone-deaf wailings of immature wannabes.
Every song on the track starts off with the same loud, high pitch guitar rift and exact same beat. The repetition could be considered soothing if it wasn't punk, but instead the constant high-energy gets irritating.
For a second I thought the monotony was broken at the end of the CD with their last song, "Science Reasons," but really it was just a demo from Drunken Immortals that popped up on a Web site I was looking at.
Besides my distain for Please Believe It, this group is apparently gaining ground in the music scene.
So if you would rather believe bravenet.com that says, "If Ozzy had drunk thousands of pots of coffee all those years instead of thousands of handles of vodka, he might have created rock like this," then by all means, run out to your local music store and waste your money.
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