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Minutes to Miles

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Crash Romeo may just be the best pop-punk band since fall out boy in 2003! I usually don't listen to much rock and punk anymore because most of it sounds too dull and generic, but man, minutes to miles is good stuff! It's got energy, but it's also got heart and emotion too. Hopefully Crash Romeo will be the band that takes pop-punk back to form (i.e blink, sum, old gc, mest ect.), cuz' the genre is in serious need of revival.

If you like good pop-punk, GREAT pop-punk, or even the crappy stuff, you'll LOVE Crash Romeo. Mark my words...BIGGER than FOB!

"Minutes to Miles" is nothing you haven't already heard, even if you're not big on pop-punk. Fact is, Crash Romeo's power-pop meets punk rock sound has been around since the early 90's, and though it 'has' undergone many changes since then, the fundamental elements still remain. Song for song, CR belt out frantic power chords, bouncy synth sounds and larger than life vocals like they're going out of style. Ironic, considering that pop-rock/punk has never been bigger than it is today. Rarely, the band attempts to step outside of the pop-punk box, if only for a minute or two. "Hot Commodity" (song 9) goes dance pop ala matchbook romance, and before you know it, quickly shifts back to punk rock for the chorus and the outro. "On deaf ears we ride" (song 11) features strings and an acoustic guitar for the first couple of minutes, but like 'hot commodity', quickly shifts to a more accessible sound towards the end. I don't want to call 'Minutes' safe, because it isn't, but it certainly doesn't try to be dangerous either. To the credit of Crash, they ARE much more entertaining than similar bands like Houston Calls and Motion City Soundtrack, and their straight ahead punk rock sound is 'perfect' for the summer, so what have ya got to lose? Fans of Cartel, Fall out boy and Hit the Lights take note, Crash Romeo is here to stay!

I heard about these guys over on the popular website myspace.com. I waited patiently for this album to come out after hearing two songs off of the album, "Get up, shut up" and "Dial M for murder". I was not disappointed in this album for one second. People can stereotype these guys and this album as another mainstream pop-punk band, but as long as they create good music, I will give these guys a good review.


Top 5 songs:
1. Get up, shut up
2. Serious
3. Dial M for murder
4. Actions not words
5. Minutes to miles

Johnny Rotten is rolling in his grave! Adam Nordmeyer is best known for his synth lines in the Fall Out Boy-esque band Crash Romeo. But did you also know that he switches styles very often? First he was a ska kid, then overnight he was a straight-edge hardcore boy, now hes a pop rocker! After he was mocked out of several bands he joined crash romeo. Luckily his parents are very rich and bail him out of any trouble he gets into, otherwise he couldnt provide for himself. He has long sideburns and a chubby pouch just above his beltline both of which help his stage presence. My band EPOCH SOLUTION came very close to sharing the trustkill label with them, but we turned them down because we are way too talented for idiots like the ones at trustkill.

-Chris Buch