Susan Frances
08/06/08, 08:17 PM
Four Stories High - Turn Me On and Turn It Up EP
Record Label: Unsigned
Release Date: July 2008
Wisconsin’s Four Stories High have the skateboard punk fun of Long Island’s Patent Pending, the party pop tussling of Punchline, and the kids-wanna-rock flagstaffs of New Found Glory. Four Stories High’s latest EP, Turn Me On and Turn It Up has a confetti-rock vibe that makes you feel like jumping from trampoline to trampoline. Guitarists Alex Smith and lead singer Corbin Coonan resonate with amusement park shenanigans gassing up their lines with rapid wagging and belly-flopping laughter while the serried movements of bassist Chris Frey and drummer Keegan Weckler adjust the torque of the valves that tighten around the passages. The music is age appropriate for teens, but highly recommended for anyone older.
The stout chord rings along “From Six To Midnight” and “Too Far Behind” create a nest of jostling antics with pop punk frequencies. The songs make for amusement park tunage that is reminiscent of Patent Pending. The energy levels in “Destiny” vary from a cooling acoustic guitar strokes in the intro to serried rhythms jacking up the activity to a pop punk fervor. The lyrics have an idealistic image about relationships with phrases like, “You and I were meant to be / And if the wish comes true, I’d do anything for you” from “Destiny.” The phat bass prongs etched along “A Little More Than Likely” balk like a grinding muffler as the guitar chords infuse a volley of engorged party pop blasts through the passages.
Four Stories High have shared the stage with Boys Like Girls, Metro Station, Good Charlotte, The Maine, and Cute is What We Aim For in the past. The band proves that there is always room for party pop and they deliver it big time in Turn Me On and Turn It Up EP.
Patent Pending, Punchline, New Found Glory
www.myspace.com/fourstorieshigh (http://www.myspace.com/fourstorieshigh)
Record Label: Unsigned
Release Date: July 2008
Wisconsin’s Four Stories High have the skateboard punk fun of Long Island’s Patent Pending, the party pop tussling of Punchline, and the kids-wanna-rock flagstaffs of New Found Glory. Four Stories High’s latest EP, Turn Me On and Turn It Up has a confetti-rock vibe that makes you feel like jumping from trampoline to trampoline. Guitarists Alex Smith and lead singer Corbin Coonan resonate with amusement park shenanigans gassing up their lines with rapid wagging and belly-flopping laughter while the serried movements of bassist Chris Frey and drummer Keegan Weckler adjust the torque of the valves that tighten around the passages. The music is age appropriate for teens, but highly recommended for anyone older.
The stout chord rings along “From Six To Midnight” and “Too Far Behind” create a nest of jostling antics with pop punk frequencies. The songs make for amusement park tunage that is reminiscent of Patent Pending. The energy levels in “Destiny” vary from a cooling acoustic guitar strokes in the intro to serried rhythms jacking up the activity to a pop punk fervor. The lyrics have an idealistic image about relationships with phrases like, “You and I were meant to be / And if the wish comes true, I’d do anything for you” from “Destiny.” The phat bass prongs etched along “A Little More Than Likely” balk like a grinding muffler as the guitar chords infuse a volley of engorged party pop blasts through the passages.
Four Stories High have shared the stage with Boys Like Girls, Metro Station, Good Charlotte, The Maine, and Cute is What We Aim For in the past. The band proves that there is always room for party pop and they deliver it big time in Turn Me On and Turn It Up EP.
Patent Pending, Punchline, New Found Glory
www.myspace.com/fourstorieshigh (http://www.myspace.com/fourstorieshigh)