REVIEW: Admiral Twin, Mock Heroic (Mojo)
- Christina Apeles
Music for the mainstream should not be dissed since status quo appeal equals a good living for any rock band. Consider the pop stylings of Admiral Twin, providing the ear with catchy beats, singalong lyrics, and choruses exactly were you'd expect them. Opening track "Unlucky Ones" (as most of the tracks) has all these elements, with respective guitar solos and right on cue breaks to let you reflect on the lyrical timeliness of it all. Anyone recall Duncan Sheik or Crowded House? Take the songwriting skill of Sheik and couple that with the good-natured, feel good sentiment of Crowded House and you're right on cue with this Tulsa, Oklahoma band. There isn't anything innovative about the music of Mock Heroic with their na, na, nas on "Better Than Nothing At All" or the relationship woes expressed in "No. 1 Fan," but their songs are sweet, the harmonies are in key, and if that's all people care about, then here's some pop for the masses.
