Am Radio - Radioactive

Just a short post to get us started.

'AM Radio ' was a group that I found, not surprisingly, on iTunes a couple years ago. What WAS surprising, at least to me, is the fact that I hadn't heard them at all on any of my local radio stations. (Apparently Am Radio was featured on 'One Tree Hill' at some point, but since this blog is at least partially dedicated to non-negative comments, we won't talk about televised teen drama)

Their one and only album, cutely titled 'Radioactive' features not one single song not worth listening to. It opens and finishes strong with 'If This Is the End of the World' and 'Distant Shining Star', but the real highlights for me come at the slower 'I Just Wanna Be Loved' & 'Oh Oh Oh'. Pick any song of the 13 tracks, and it could easily be a great single.

The vocales are very smooth sounding throughout, quite a bonus if you're one who prefers the non-screaming bits of any given 'Linkin Park' song, but not so pure as to irritate one's inner angst-ridden teen. The music itself is as fast paced and alternative sounding as it needs to be without being overbearing. 'Radioactive' makes for one very accessible album that is at the same time unique.

Still-not-having-thought-of-anything-clever-to-sign-off-with,
Niqorasu