NeverShoutNever! - Me & My Uke EP

[Joe DeAndrea]

NeverShoutNever! - Me & My Uke EP
Record Label: Unsigned
Release Date: January 20th, 2009

Following in the footsteps of Hellogoodbye, Chris Ingle, mastermind behind pop-act NeverShoutNever!, has recorded an EP of songs done entirely with the ukulele. The three tracks take Ingle's music in a different, but much more tolerable direction.

Last year, NeverShoutNever! reached success with the release of The Yippee EP. He began to reach a ridiculous amount of daily plays on myspace and even peformed one of his songs for MTV's TRL's unsigned segment. It was obvious that he wasn't the most successful unsigned artist of 2008 by accident. However, I never understood the hype. The cutesy acoustic/pop-tronica trend at that point became a bit irritating, even for me. The genre was done much too often for NeverShoutNever! to have any lasting value on me and if I was going to listen to it, The Yippee EP would be at the bottom of my queue.

Thankfully though, the Me & My Uke EP is a small breath of fresh air and something that hasn't given me a headache after repeated listens. The stand-out of the three, ironically enough, is an older song of his re-done in ukulele fashion. "Your Biggest Fan" blows the original out of the water and makes me wonder how the rest of his songs would sound like if done the same way. The other two tracks featured, "Trouble" and "Did It Hurt," make for an enjoyable EP with catchy hooks all around.

Chances are this is just a one time thing for NeverShoutNever!. The band's full-length (set for release this summer) will probably return to their previous sound, but with Forrest Kline (who also released a ukulele EP with his band Hellogoodbye) on production, it certainly has potential to be a hit. Seeing as this EP was released as a free download, it shouldn't be passed up regardless if you're a fan of his music or not.

A Rocket to the Moon, Backseat Goodbye, Kill Paradise, Hellogoodbye
Track Listing
01) Trouble
02) Your Biggest Fan
03) Did It Hurt
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[Ryzenfall]

Good review. This is free music worth having.

[mysensesfailed3]

good review, though i wouldnt consider him apart of the pop-tronica scene. i mean only one of the songs on his ep (yippeee) had programmed drums, and he doesnt use autotune anymore, atleast not for the effect that most people in that scene do

[Blake Solomon]

i might as well be the first to post this:

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[chrstianrocker]

... she's kinda hot. haha.

[hockeyguitar99]

Creativity should be a 5 or lower.

[Kurt Retenauer]

that girl in the youtube actually wasn't that bad

[hiddentrack]

that album art is beyond annoying.

[loserkidchad]

I agree, this album is worth having.
I'm not much on the last track, personally, but the first two are keepers.

Also, everyone, if you do download the album, please note that if you donate money it ALL goes to Toms Shoes toward helping a great cause. A tip of the hat from me to Chris for that - it's good to see artists helping good causes.

[Klatzke]

I really do think that this kid has more talent than most of the powerpop-synth happy acts around. For some reason he's just a bit more tolerable, and he releases a pretty solid amount of music that seems to be consistently good.

[jtyexists9]

Like said, free is good.

[jbird221]

first off...his name isn't chris ingle?
its christofer drew.
and second, i thought this cd was AMAZING :] christofer never fails to impress me.
sorry if you have a bad taste! n_n kthx.

[Klatzke]

first off...his name isn't chris ingle?
its christofer drew.
and second, i thought this cd was AMAZING :] christofer never fails to impress me.
sorry if you have a bad taste! n_n kthx.
Jesus christ.

[mysensesfailed3]

first off...his name isn't chris ingle?
its christofer drew.
and second, i thought this cd was AMAZING :] christofer never fails to impress me.
sorry if you have a bad taste! n_n kthx.
no, his name is chris ingle. he goes by christofer drew occasionaly. if i recall correctly he confirmed it was his middle name

[mysensesfailed3]

Jesus christ.
oh wow i didnt read the end of your comment. are you being sarcastic?

[Joe DeAndrea]

first off...his name isn't chris ingle?
its christofer drew.
and second, i thought this cd was AMAZING :] christofer never fails to impress me.
sorry if you have a bad taste! n_n kthx.
:lol: :lol:

[Klatzke]

oh wow i didnt read the end of your comment. are you being sarcastic?
That was in response to the "sorry if you have bad taste"

[LastDeclaration]

Most obnoxious album cover ever.

Excluding Family Force 5, that is.

[mysensesfailed3]

That was in response to the "sorry if you have bad taste"
sorry i meant to quote her. she said kthx, that cannot stand

[red8ge]

first off...his name isn't chris ingle?
its christofer drew.
and second, i thought this cd was AMAZING :] christofer never fails to impress me.
sorry if you have a bad taste! n_n kthx.


The word "amazing" gets thrown around too often these days..

[Daniel Thompson]

i might as well be the first to post this:

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she basically makes me want to love again. her cover of Woe was amazing.

[trappedintime]

I downloaded this. It was actually pretty good. Considering...

[Jefferson Rank]

Oh god... I hate this...

[nickstetina]

My Uke and I EP*

[HelpMeSleep]

:lol: :lol:
seconded.

[popdisaster00]

The album art makes me want to have nothing to do with this cd but I at least dig the fact that he's doing it for charity

[TheQ]

i might as well be the first to post this:

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Damn...beat me to it...

[Broclee]

first off...his name isn't chris ingle?
its christofer drew.
and second, i thought this cd was AMAZING :] christofer never fails to impress me.
sorry if you have a bad taste! n_n kthx.
Do you even realize how incredibly stupid you just made yourself look?
I mean, Jesus Christ on a Rocket Ship, your comment killed my soul.

On another note, good review.
If this kid could keep his music in this direction, I think it would do him wonders for people other than 14-year-old scene girls.

[UpperNinety]

haircut plz
music is alright

[oncedarkness]

i have to admit, i really enjoyed this when i saw that free download

[brandnew=love]

first off...his name isn't chris ingle?
its christofer drew.
and second, i thought this cd was AMAZING :] christofer never fails to impress me.
sorry if you have a bad taste! n_n kthx.
he's not impressive... I kinda like his stuff but he's really not amazing in any sense (lyrically or musically).

[denissuxx]

Agree with the comments about the album art

[bobby runs]

If Joe says something from this genre is annoying then it TRULY is.

[ship of fools]

i'm just happy there are spaces

[katieissweet]

first off...his name isn't chris ingle?
its christofer drew.
and second, i thought this cd was AMAZING :] christofer never fails to impress me.
sorry if you have a bad taste! n_n kthx.
:hitself: That was one of the dumbest things I have ever read.




I still don't get this kid.

[ExplodingStereo]

first off...his name isn't chris ingle?
its christofer drew.
and second, i thought this cd was AMAZING :] christofer never fails to impress me.
sorry if you have a bad taste! n_n kthx.

Oh good lord, here come the fan girls...
Yeah, he's alright, but really don't see why he's getting famous.

[bostonryan]

i mean, i don't think this is some kind of musical revolution, but the kid seems so fucking nice i cant say anything bad about him haha. he wants you to give kids shoes instead of giving him money for his music, even if i'm not really that into it that's still pretty rad.

[CstrzRock]

that girl in the youtube actually wasn't that bad

Julia Nunes. She is a YouTube celebrity.
She rules!

http://www.youtube.com/user/jaaaaaaa

ALSO!

Good review!

[Kurt Retenauer]

hanson also does the toms shoes thing. i bought a pair when i saw them.

[youareallfreaks]

i feel like a majority of your reviews fall in the 75% range. this may not be accurate, but the ones i read always fall there.

[Joe DeAndrea]

i feel like a majority of your reviews fall in the 75% range. this may not be accurate, but the ones i read always fall there.
They do. Part of it is probably because I just review things I like. If I was reviewing Jeffree Star, it definitely wouldn't be in the 70s haha.

[youareallfreaks]

They do. Part of it is probably because I just review things I like. If I was reviewing Jeffree Star, it definitely wouldn't be in the 70s haha.
but it's weird, cause i feel like 75% is just a meh album. the review itself could be glowing, but a 75% album to me feels like an album that you listen to 4 times then forget about.

[Eostre]

Julia Nunes > NeverSuckNever!

[crashtheorykt]

his music isn't really exceptional it's just simple and .. fun for lack of a better word. sweet kid and actually good live, I recommend going to a show if you haven't already

[GetWellBoss]

i might as well be the first to post this:

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i love this song. haha. she did a really good job.

[blowmybutthole]

Jesus christ.

im in that same boat with you.

[Mochem]

Julia Nunes is why I bought a ukulele.
I have nothing to say about this ep though.

[HometownHero]

I actually really love this kids stuff

[Analog Rebellion]

If Joe says something from this genre is annoying then it TRULY is.
:rotfl:

[xtheaudition]

i liked the ep alot

[7dollarsox.com]

i might as well be the first to post this:

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that is SO good! one of my favorite pop songs by far! man i love when people are good!

[TheQ]

first off...his name isn't chris ingle?
its christofer drew.
and second, i thought this cd was AMAZING :] christofer never fails to impress me.
sorry if you have a bad taste! n_n kthx.
this comment is LOLz

[CellarGhosts]

i might as well be the first to post this:

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subscribing to her channel was probably one of the best decisions I've ever made haha.

[SethHxCore4]

My Uke and I EP*
hahahaha.

[j_red1]

soliiiiiddddd review.

but i think did it hurt is my favorite track.

good guy nontheless

[live.]

I like hellogoodbye's Uke work a lot more, but this is good.

[CellarGhosts]

My Uke and I EP*
hahaha

[UpperNinety]

zing...
If this kid hammered out like five or six more tracks, then I might like this kid. As of right now, I'm on the fence with this ep.

[timbedinosaur]

I'm actually enjoying this EP. Not a big fan of the last track though.

[kidwithhelmet]

that girl in the youtube actually wasn't that bad
I thought she was really really good actually.

[cereal4life]

Get a haircut, use proper English and drop the exclamation point from your name.

[I Am The Enemy!]

I find this guy totally unoriginal. The music, the band name, the ukelele EP? No thanks.

[Shrillex]

damn its over. anyone want to re up it?

[sweettunez]

it's got catchy hooks in it, but kinda gimmicky, i prefer his other stuff.

[runtoescape94]

I really do think that this kid has more talent than most of the powerpop-synth happy acts around. For some reason he's just a bit more tolerable, and he releases a pretty solid amount of music that seems to be consistently good.
Right on it. (:

[runtoescape94]

Get a haircut, use proper English and drop the exclamation point from your name.
Someones pissy. :/

[runtoescape94]

I actually really love this kids stuff
Me tooo!

[cereal4life]

Someones pissy. :/

I believe you mean "someone's pissy".

[runtoescape94]

Thank you for correcting my grammatical error. (:

[eatbabiesyum]

catchy...and cute. bahaha. definatly not for the manly men :P