When the roof fell in on the boy band scene, crushing young Westlife soundalikes Mytown, Dubliners Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan high-tailed it to L.A. to engineer for the likes of Teddy Riley, the Neptunes, and Rodney Jerkins. Together with drummer Glen Power, three-piece the Script became an overnight success in the U.K. and Ireland with their debut single "We Cry," although their self-titled album bears the imprint of their internship in California, a meticulously and well-scripted (excuse the pun) blend of smooth soul and radio rock in the mould of Maroon 5 and OneRepublic (indeed, they share much in common with the latter, having both worked with Timbaland in the past). Singles "We Cry" and follow-up "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" are obvious highlights, the former a catalog of hard luck stories -- single mothers, drug-addled rock stars, the usual suspects -- set to the tune of moody jazz guitar chords and lavish strings. "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" calls to mind the soul-infused modern rock of John Legend, while "Talk You Down" sees O'Donoghue talk a friend down from the brink of suicide in the style of Daniel Bedingfield. The highlights come fast and early -- though "Before the Worst" borrows a little too much from Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" for comfort -- and by the time the boy-band imitations "I'm Yours" and "If You See Kay" roll around, the Script has exhausted its songwriting well twice over.
So I have been quite the slacker lately - illness, issues, a tumble down the hill behind my garage that put me & my back outta commission for several weeks (reminder to myself not to drink multiple glasses of wine & then take a sleeping pill & THEN go smoke a cig in the dark of night)... let's just say it's a hella 2009 so far :) While I was trying my best to heal up my back I was flippin cha...
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We have a great promotion going on this week featuring the band The Script! In an effort to make them better known in the US music scene, we are GIVING AWAY one of their songs off their new album! The song is called "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" and you can get it right here for FREE..yes, absolutely free.Check it out, we guarentee you will heart it as much as we do!
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--- - |- Not since Paolo Nutini has there been such a good free track available on the UK iTunes Store. Before The Worst is an anthemic pop tune (if that's possible) that sidesteps the Coldplay niche nicely while smiling more than Keane and Turin Brakes. Is it because it's a truly pop track and not pretending to be alternative/adult rock? Does the quasi-Timberlake high speed vocal add somet...
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So I have been quite the slacker lately - illness, issues, a tumble down the hill behind my garage that put me & my back outta commission for several weeks (reminder to myself not to drink multiple glasses of wine & then take a sleeping pill & THEN go smoke a cig in the dark of night)... let's just say it's a hella 2009 so far :) While I was trying my best to heal up my back I was flippin cha...
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We have a great promotion going on this week featuring the band The Script! In an effort to make them better known in the US music scene, we are GIVING AWAY one of their songs off their new album! The song is called "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" and you can get it right here for FREE..yes, absolutely free.Check it out, we guarentee you will heart it as much as we do!
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Loving this song right now...hope you do too. Not sure why I need 10 words to post...but...10 words it is.
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--- - |- Not since Paolo Nutini has there been such a good free track available on the UK iTunes Store. Before The Worst is an anthemic pop tune (if that's possible) that sidesteps the Coldplay niche nicely while smiling more than Keane and Turin Brakes. Is it because it's a truly pop track and not pretending to be alternative/adult rock? Does the quasi-Timberlake high speed vocal add somet...
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I hope you enjoyed my last post on The Script because I have another free download for you! This one is directly through iTunes as The Script's single is FREE this week! I'm feeling their r&b, celtic, poppy vibe, aren't you? They are the second most popular band to come out of Ireland since U2! The album was released on November 4th!Before The Worst ( Download ) Let us know what you...
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| 1 We Cry (Explicit) |
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| 2 Before The Worst |
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| 3 Talk You Down |
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| 4 The Man Who Can't Be Moved |
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| 5 Breakeven |
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| 6 Rusty Halo |
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| 7 The End Where I Begin |
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| 8 Fall for Anything |
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| 9 If You See Kay |
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| 10 I'm Yours |
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