Olympia

Emergencies

[3.5/5] If youthful enthusiasm is kept at a premium, than you can mark Washington, D.C., standouts Olympia as far ahead of the curve. Granted, enthusiasm is only one aspect of the music, but by placing so much emphasis on it they’re able to make up a bit of the ground lost in areas like originality. “Olympia Is A Mothefucker,” quite simply, is a perfect pop-rock song. From the introductory chords to the sing-along chorus that carries it out, there’s terrific melody to be found at every twist and turn. It’s not until a few songs later though, that Olympia really find their legs and finds their confidence. “Bastgone” shows a band mature in both vocal harmony and songwriting, and it keeps up for the rest of the album’s duration. This great debut from some capital city upstarts falls slightly short of monumental but has all the heart of the men who built them. (HOPE DIVISION/EQUAL VISION) Jordan Rogowski