Naturally I'm not talking about the quality representatives of the genre. Early Cool Hand Luke did it right, as did Drive Like Jehu, as did In Pieces, as does Bear vs. Shark. But somebody took a Thursday-shaped cookie cutter (a band I like, incidently) and punched out a bunch of sloppy copies. Then somebody took one of those sloppy copies and punched out a bunch of sloppier copies. I hope we've seen Multiplicity enough to know what happens when you make a copy of a copy.
So with all that in mind... Maddison!
(featuring Jay on the far left, but not Silent Bob.)Maddison isn't as bad as all that -- certainly not the retarded third generation multiplicitous Doug -- but the originality is sparce. In fact, you probably already know exactly what they sound like. Imagine their music, then check it out just to see how close you were.
With their three myspace samples they made sure to cover all their bases; there's the heavy screamtacular song, the softer moody emotional song, and the sing-to-scream inbetween song. The softer moody song isn't half bad, but the other two are like Silverstein demos. (Interestingly, both are from Burlington, Ontario, so perhaps they were trying to imitate the hometown heroes.)
Anyway, you might like this sort of thing if you happen to like this sort of thing. If you're still in your faux-"screamo" phase in music appreciation, then sure, go to town with Maddison. Otherwise stay at home and listen to... I don't know, Braid, or something.
I rate them 6 Michael Keatons out of 10.
