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Dave’s Double Take Double
A closer look at this week’s hottest singles
By David Allen
Arts & Entertainment Editor
MUSIC REVIEW
The University’s radio station, WVBU, is always playing the best modern rock music from both independent and mainstream artists. This week, I am featuring two strong singles from established rock artists, a weak single from an emerging independent artist and a single with the potential to be a breakthrough hit for a long-unrecognized group. Tune into 90.5 FM, listen for these songs and decide for yourself.
Robbers on High Street—“Japanese Girls”
The band comes out of the same trendy, thriving New York City scene as Interpol and Mercury Rev.
This mid-tempo song features jangly, lightly distorted guitars driven by a bouncing drumbeat. Ben Trokan slurs vague lyrics that hint at romance and relationships over the catchy instrumentals: “You’re gonna leave me when you hear the truth.”
The band turns up the guitars on the chorus as Trokan sings, “Well, I know what I want / if I know I could get it.” With its steady, chugging beats and handclap accents, “Japanese Girls” reminds me of the pop-rock band Fountains of Wayne, but with less clever and incisive lyrics.
I am not even sure how the title of the song fits in; I can tell that Trokan sings the words “Japanese girls” during the song, but the rest of his delivery is so hazy that the lyrics before and after it are indecipherable.
The band’s sound got me interested, but the slurred vocals and unoriginal lyrics left me flat.