More Cowbell! That's right, you heard me. MORE COWBELL!

Fake Problems are walking a tightrope between pop punk and some form of crazy Alt Country which has been dropped in a blender with some celtic rock. They are the love child of Rilo Kiley and Bruce Springstein making babies with the son of the singer [if he had/has one] from The Dropkick Murphys. Fake Problems play with full gusto and blatantly do what they want, how they want, when they want. No other band could quite as comfortably pull off cowbell and xylophone in one song whilst comfortably chanting "I want to be the American Dream". The Dream Team clearly shows a band that have spent countless months on the road touring, which in turn has helped them [as a band] to mature, and develop a sense of perspective that is only available after doing so.

The Dream Team clearly showcases that Fake Problems have organically re-invented their sound, who they are as individual human beings and musicians and are more so than ever completely sure of their sonic identity as a band. Although The Dream Team won't be winning Fake Problems any Grammy nominations, it sets the scene for what is likely to be a very solid, and diverse new album (It's Great to be Alive) that is being released on Side One Dummy Records.

Coming in at just two minutes and twenty two seconds, The Dream Team is the perfect length for a punk track. It demonstrates the sort of song that finishes almost too quickly which leaves you with a wanting feeling to listen to the song again, right away. The production of The Dream Team is excellent. I particularly like the introduction and the way that it goes from filtered vocals and music to kicking in to the full sonic assault. The acoustic guitar present throughout gives it a really folksy feel and I particularly dig the 'Woah ohs' and bass/drum only second verse. The Dream Team has the perfect amount of dynamics throughout. It drops and builds often ensuring you stay on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next.

My favourite part of the whole track is the last but one chorus. Where it drops out to just drums, hand claps, gang vocals and cowbell which is quickly followed by a nice guitar and xylophone interlude before hitting the encore chorus which is bigger than before and features some really nice counter melody gang vocals.

More cowbell!