No denying every summer needs a couple records that are mindless fun. You need something loud with catchy choruses and the occasional generic dance beat. With their new disc, Self-Titled (good one, right?), The Audition fill the first slot for this summer. These dudes from the Windy City progress on their dance-pop first displayed on 2008's Champion, toning down the over-the-top vocals acrobatics and thumping synth into well-crafted gems with more hooks than a scene from the Saw movies. Sure there isn't amazing musicianship (although the drumming is definitely above average) and a lot of songs borrow from crosstown acts (singer Danny Stevens pulls a Patrick Stumph or two), but who cares. Oh, and did I throw out that "Los Angeles" is as close to perfect as pop songs get? Done. Shhhh listen.
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Love With A Motive - The Audition
Los Angeles - The Audition
"She said, 'I'm jealous of Los Angeles. She gets to keep you for a month or two..."
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