Bad Things
Bad Things
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Pop rock
Shaun White made an album. Yes, Shaun White, the snowboarder. The two-time Olympic gold medalist-turned-guitarist and four others, including former Augustana member Jarod Palomar released a self-titled album in January under the moniker Bad Things.
The band name and album title are more than appropriate. Bad Things sounds like a poor mix of Coldplay, Oasis and a cliché motivational speaker.
The opening track “Anybody” contains all three pieces to a cookie-cutter, pump-up, pop-rock song: repetitive, choir-like “oohing,” overly passionate singing and the use of no more than five chords. The song is indistinguishable from the others.
The rest of the album follows the pace with pumping drums, powerful guitar chords and “inspiring” lyrics. The consistent intensity and clone songs are exhausting. The album gives brief moments of relief with “Caught Inside” and “Bury.”
White’s countless X-Games medals prove he can shred, but this doesn’t translate to the guitar. White should be spinning in the air with a board under his feet, not on a record player.
— Dixon Ferrell
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