The Doits This is Rocket Science
Wild Kingdom 2004
By Adam McAuley
This album is a moderately fun attempt at a commercial form of rock music that comes up just a bit shy of being completely splendid. My biggest complaint is the vocalist Altay Sagesen, who sounds like too much of a punk front man for this type of music.
The songs themselves are often catchy, fairly brief, slightly folk tinged and lend themselves well to radio play, though the material here is probably a little beyond what youd hear typically on the airwaves. The chorus are fun and stick in your head. Take, for example, Never Again, which would be perfect for the soundtrack to some sitcom television series. But my favorite track is the delightfully rollicking Calm Waters. In this case, the vocals actually fit reasonably well with the underlying music. The Doits in general are enjoyable and perfect for someone looking for simply fun rock music, but far from spectacular.
The comparison given to Tom Petty in the band info is appropriate, but his music tended to be even more subtle in comparison. Both are more diluted than they could be given a more elaborate sound, though Petty as a singer is imminently preferable to the guy present on this disc. Overall, The Doits would fit more than nicely on a rock radio station because theyre better than four-fifths of whats played on it. Just keep your standards at a decent level and you may be pleasantly surprised.
7/10
Official Wild Kingdom website
Official The Doits website
Wild Kingdom 2004
By Adam McAuley
This album is a moderately fun attempt at a commercial form of rock music that comes up just a bit shy of being completely splendid. My biggest complaint is the vocalist Altay Sagesen, who sounds like too much of a punk front man for this type of music.
The songs themselves are often catchy, fairly brief, slightly folk tinged and lend themselves well to radio play, though the material here is probably a little beyond what youd hear typically on the airwaves. The chorus are fun and stick in your head. Take, for example, Never Again, which would be perfect for the soundtrack to some sitcom television series. But my favorite track is the delightfully rollicking Calm Waters. In this case, the vocals actually fit reasonably well with the underlying music. The Doits in general are enjoyable and perfect for someone looking for simply fun rock music, but far from spectacular.
The comparison given to Tom Petty in the band info is appropriate, but his music tended to be even more subtle in comparison. Both are more diluted than they could be given a more elaborate sound, though Petty as a singer is imminently preferable to the guy present on this disc. Overall, The Doits would fit more than nicely on a rock radio station because theyre better than four-fifths of whats played on it. Just keep your standards at a decent level and you may be pleasantly surprised.
7/10
Official Wild Kingdom website
Official The Doits website
