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Don’t buy SR71’s ‘Tomorrow’ any day
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A friend of mine asked me if I knew why music from the ’80s is so much better than the music of today. He then went on to explain his theory – at least bands back then had to try. They were making music and not just product to sell.
Product pretty much sums up how I felt about the new disk from SR71. These one-hit wonders – and one wonders how their song “Right Now” was a hit – have released Tomorrow on RCA.
The CD consists of 11 songs written during their 2000-2001 tour. We’re even treated to yet another band’s thoughts on the horrors of Sept. 11.
This slumping sophomore effort has tunes that range from your troubled boy-girl relationship songs to ones about bullies and hate.
Frontman Mitch Allan explained that the thematic nucleus of the album is “Tomorrow,” the title track.
“This record isn’t about anger or wallowing in misery. To the contrary, it’s about making the decision not to be miserable,” Allan said.
“It’s about the inevitability of tomorrow.”
Wow, it’s all sappy enough that if he had written a book, Oprah and Dr. Phil would be all over it. It’s just too bad that the music itself doesn’t hold up.
It sounds like SR71 dug through Linkin Park’s trashcan looking for some nu-metal-lite riffs and then spent too much time at the karaoke bar singing along to Our Lady Peace.
The whole mess was blended together to make more vanilla-flavored pop-punk packaged to sell quickly because of a short shelf life.
Do the world a favor. Don’t buy this album. Don’t even download it. You’ll only encourage them to make more.
If we all get together and stop spending $17 on 50-cent pieces of plastic, the record companies might look for more inspired “product” and not paler versions of what we’ve already got. Let’s start with this band.
Robert Seal, The Arbiter
