Album Review - Tonight Tonight! / So Far, By Far (EP ) (2010)

Tonight Tonight!
SO FAR, BY FAR (EP)
(2010)
               

RATING:  
<3 <3 <3 <3

You know that feeling you get when you arrive fashionably late and you walk into a packed rock club on a Saturday night? The energy you feel from hearing shrieking electric guitars and pounding bass lines, mixed with heavy, heartfelt vocals, and drums that beat with a vengeance. The combination of rich sounds makes your entire body shake and you ask the guy at the door, "Who's playing?"

His reply?
"That's Tonight Tonight!"


When you download and listen to the first track (Take My Chances) off Tonight Tonight!'s sophomore album, So Far, By Far, that's the feeling you get; like you caught a fresh, young rock band, mid-set; playing LIVE. At first listen, So Far, By Far could be mistaken for just another power-pop rock band album, but that isn't the case at all. First of all, the band throws out the traditional pop conventions of using boring, repetitive hook lines to gain their listeners interest. The lyrics on Tonight Tonight!'s latest album are genuine and real, communicated through vocalist Jeff Whittaker. The sincerity in his voice as he belts out each song is very reminiscent of the sound of Tom Delonge's vocals, as Whittaker wails, "Take me as I am..."(Doorstep). Whittaker's hauntingly emotional vocals hang in your memory, along with the combined musical talents of Kyle Burkett, Lead Guitar; Matt Mc Coy, Bass; and David Tapp, Drums. The band takes us on a short story vacation of new sound locales and cryptic lyrical islands from one track to the next on So Far, By Far.

For music fans today, this is a breath of oxygen laden air and definitely worth the 5.00 cost to download.

You can also check out Tonight Tonight! LIVE September 10, 2010 @ The Curtain Club.


**So Far, By Far is available for download NOW on iTunes and @ amazon.com***