This isn’t entirely new. Broadway Calls are now signed to Adeline Records and have subsequently decided to re-released 2007’s self-titled debut album. Broadway Calls have everything about them you’d expect a good pop-punk band to have. The songs are easy to listen to and have enough in the way of addictiveness to bring you back for at least a second, possibly even a third listen without too much hesitation.
Broadway Calls don’t aspire to be anything other than a pop-punk band. This is the music they enjoy making and you can’t fault them for the effort. Claiming this album to be a pop-punk masterpiece is perhaps one step too far though. There is nothing on offer here to ensure Broadway Calls stand above anything else which has ever been done in terms of pop-punk. It’s a sad shame, the beginning of the album does promise quite a lot which never really materialises.
For those who do choose to indulge in Broadway Calls’ music, there is a wealth of subtle variation available. The rough vocals do lend the band to a more straight-up punk feel. The guitars ooze through bar after bar of simple, straightforward pop-punk rhythms, it’s fun, it’s done well in fairness but something is missing. No, it’s not the whiny, high-pitched vocals or the everything is going to be OK feeling. Although it is sad that this music doesn’t really stir that emotion, when, once again this is something Broadway Calls are so clearly looking for.
The only song which really stands out is the penultimate tune ‘Meet Me At Washington Park.’ Quite simply, it’s poor. Ty Vaughn’s vocals are all wrong and just don’t work when he’s presented with the challenge of singing rather than shouting. It’s an poor let down, for the previous twelve songs the band were unspectacular, but flawless nonetheless. This has just spoiled the best moments. Of the fourteen songs nothing quite stands out enough to make up for that disappointment, they have their moments, they go through the motions of making great pop-punk. The idea is there, the songs are certainly not, pop-punk anthems these aren’t. Perhaps Broadway Calls will offer more from their next album, which frankly they probably should’ve worked on rather than re-releasing this one so soon.
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