Hope It Gives You...

So, I heard the new All-American Rejects song, "Gives You Hell," (off their upcoming album When The World Comes Down) for the first time this weekend. Hear it for yourself:




OK, it starts out a little weird/Coconut Records-ish... (Dig the click track!) But, I've gotta admit, it grew on me super fast. (It doesn't hurt that Tyson has chiseled cheek bones for miles and, being from Oklahoma, probably prefers the Big 12 to the Big 10--and that will be today's transgression into fangirl land. Done and done, I swear.)

But it's actually very catchy, and I can imagine that it will do quite well. Honestly, to me, it sounds more like a summer song, even though the album's coming out Nov. 18. But, you know what? We can't all live in sunny SoCal, so maybe a blast of sunshine in the winter months of Northeast Ohio will be much needed. There's been much anticipation around the band's third record. They've had such mega-hits on the last two, I can't even imagine what kind of pressure that might create. Regardless of how much a band will say they don't care what people think as long as they are making the music they want, there has to be a teensy bit of fear of not living up to previous expectations.

Anyway, I haven't personally heard the rest of the album, but I have high hopes for the album and the band, if only because they also grew up in Central Standard Time (and, you know, the cheek bone thing).