The Everyothers – Pink Sticky Lies (Kill Rock Stars, 2006)
Pink Sticky Lies is the follow up EP to this group’s full length debut from a few years back. The general pop consensus has not changed much in those years; indie is cool, looking shaggy is glamorous and copping attitudes from the 70’s is the best way to become a rock star. The Everyothers take all these cues and in each song repeat them with little or no variety. This is rock n’ roll, no doubt. But the vocals, courteously of Owen McCarthy seem frequently strained. He wants to be a crooner and while he can hit those notes, those notes don’t always seem to fit with the musical venue which the band provides. When the vocal quiver begins the overall quality of the song fails. Never have I degraded music for being overtly simplistic, but I do hold in higher esteem those songs that have unique aspects. And this EP glaringly omits variety and invention. Kill Rock Stars is generally well regarded in indie circles: they have helped to create a number of underground stars. But in the release of The Everyothers album, KRS has assisted what seem like deluded musicians reaching for glory in a confusing time warp of lackadaisical hippness.
Tracklisting:
01 – Too Far
02 – Dive With Me
03 – Something Wrong
04 – Pink Sticky Lies
05 – A New Inebriation
