Such an amazing song from a hot new band! i suggest everyone check these guys out! they have a myspace and a website, so do some searching!!!
We cry is a great song, one of my faves by The Script. The single includes the video and a demo song.
It's always hard ripping into a band's debut single, the common courtesy being to see if they're maybe more than just one song. When it comes to novelty acts or reality stars or tacky dance garbage, then they deserve everything they get, but with a real band, well.. I don't want to hate them straight away.
But then, not every band is as immediately loathsome and punchable as The Script.
For those that haven't heard it, "We Cry" is another hand-wringing, bleeding heart MOR dirge that you can imagine your mother would like. But they're trying NOT to be seen as that, because they've obviously bought a copy of the Bumper Book Of Things That Rock Bands Do. Think Phil Collins dropping the F Bomb (see? They swear 'cos they're ROCK) and you get the basic idea of what this band are all about. Except here's the funny part;
You could listen to this song 100 times (a suitable alternative self-harming suggestion would be downing a pint of bleach). You could watch endless repeats of the video, of the singer walking through some grim looking American slum (while looking like he's auditioning for America's Next Top Non-Threatening Bland Model), and singing in that stupid, affected "street" accent that suggests he's 100% American made.
Except - whoops - they're from DUBLIN.
So what does that mean, exactly? Well, one, they obviously have no personality of their own, no sound of their own, no voice of their own, and have chosen to steal bits from every successful stadium act in America - perfect for those people who don't actually like, y'know, music.
No-one's saying that, just because they're from Dublin, they have to start sounding like extras from The Commitments, but hells bells - have a bit of IDENTITY. This slop could have came from any band at any time in any part of the world. Joyless, charmless and oddly emotionless.
In short - "We Cry" is just another inoffensive, radio friendly suckfest, yet more glossy, expensive, girl friendly guitar boredom dressed up as a rock song. Think OneRepublic. Think The Feeling. Think any band that makes Bon Jovi look like Slipknot. There are hundreds of them.
And ask yourselves this; do we really need another one?
