Monday, August 3, 2009
Music news Owl City: Ocan Eyes
Posted by Ben Westhoff on Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Ocean Eyes is the second studio album from the Postal Service — except no one in that group had anything to do with it. Actually, the work comes from Owl City, a project helmed by Owatonna, Minnesota's 23-year-old Adam Young. By aping the Postal Service's Ben Gibbard's trademark "Who, me, glum?" vocals, and producer Jimmy Tamborello's jingle-jangle synth sound, Young became a MySpace sensation in a short period of time, won a deal with Universal Republic and moved out of his parents' basement. While Ocean Eyes tracks like "Hello Seattle," "Cave In" and "Umbrella Beach" are contagious, pure pop specimens that waste no time reaching full sprint, the lyrics ("Golf and alcohol don't mix/And that's why I don't drink and drive") are mostly throwaways. But as blatantly derivative as Ocean Eyes is, it's difficult not to fall for the disc — if only because Gibbard and Co. haven't released an album since 2003. (Universal Republic) 3 stars out of 5
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I tried listening, but I know that Postal Service wouldn't be doing anything that cheesy. Sounds like all the shit teenagers listen to minus the screamo crap, but still not good. I can imagine that the majority of the fans listen to it with 5 of their closest friends riding in the back of their mom's minivan, singing loudly on their way to church camp. Bleh!
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