Back in the dark days of my teens, I was suckered into this band by one song - Crawlin' in the dark. Back then I didn't know any better and that name wasn't enough to put me off the rest of the album. That song, coupled with a friends suggestion that 'Hoobastank used to be a really good funk band' (probably a lie), I snapped up the album.
It's boring, trite, uninspired and extremely... read more
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The XXX-rated quartet Hoobastank arrives on this self-titled major-label debut as a nu-metal Weezer, though without anything as cheekily subversive as "Hash Pipe." The similarities lie more in Hoobastank's tight playing and vocal harmonies than in the overblown post-teen lyrics. In track after track, singer Douglas Rob0
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The XXX-rated quartet Hoobastank arrives on this self-titled major-label debut as a nu-metal Weezer, though without anything as cheekily subversive as "Hash Pipe." The similarities lie more in Hoobastank's tight playing and vocal harmonies than in the overblown post-teen lyrics. In track after track, singer Douglas Robb is in crisis; whether he's intoning or yelp-rapping his words, they are never as articulate as the emergency-siren guitar of the punkish "Pieces." Even the grateful love song "Let You Know" is weighed down by an expectation of times "when I'm feeling like everything and -one is hurting me for something or other." Dude, get yourself a Popsicle. The album's 12-song sequence moves inexorably toward clichéd Limp Bizkit guitar riffs and one true change of pace, the spacy, Deftones-like "To Be with You." Unfortunately, its lyric is nothing more than a sensitive-guy attempt to convince a girl to "give in." Sweet. --Rickey Wright
The Flagship posted a review 5 years, 6 months ago
“Back in the dark days of my teens, I was suckered into this band by one song - Crawlin' in the dark. Back then I didn't know any better and that name wasn't enough to put me off the rest of the album. That song, coupled with a friends suggestion that 'Hoobastank used to be a really good funk band' (probably a lie), I snapped up the album.
It's boring, trite, uninspired and extremely repetitive and dull. Not a single good song on there. Please retire guys!” read more