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Message: [QUOTE="Gorse, post: 3614, member: 73"] Ready for some whiny-voiced alt music from the late 2000s? I know I am! [B]The Academy Is… [/B]was one of those bands that could have only existed in a very specific context, in a very specific time period. The best way I can describe them is to say that their music was the kind of thing that 13-year-olds who wanted to be 16-year-olds listened to. They were never [I]cool[/I], per se, but they had a kind of cute feigned-deepness that made them charming — in a retroactive sense, if nothing else. [I]Almost Here [/I]is probably their best track, but [I]About a Girl [/I]was their most popular, and both are perfect encapsulations of their cultural years (2005 and 2008, respectively). [MEDIA=youtube]Aseh7GN20GE[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]hZB24hq7MT8[/MEDIA] In contrast, [B]Hit the Lights [/B]was a band for 16-year-olds who wanted to be 18-year-olds. They wore baseball caps and weirdly-designed t-shirts, and sang songs about being too cool for high school — but in that sneery, snarky 2000s way. Again, they weren’t [I]actually [/I]cool, but their supposedly-carefree lifestyle made them seem like they were. Their only notable album is [I]Skip School, Start Fights[/I], but it’s a very good one for alt-pop-rock fans. I recommend the tracks [I]Breathe In [/I]and [I]Drop the Girl. [/I] [MEDIA=youtube]Hm2pfUxKc1E[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]uEE6cl1NkZs[/MEDIA] Finally, you remember [B]Hot Chelle Rae[/B], don’t you? Their one-hit wonder song, [I]Tonight Tonight[/I], was quite popular during the early-2010s party culture! (And, really, 2010 and 2011 were just The 2000s: Part II.) Would you ever believe that their album, fittingly named [I]Whatever[/I], is actually quite good? Neither did… I until I listened to it! The group could actually play a tune when they wanted to, and had some mildly-clever lyrical chops when they weren’t completely up themselves. HCR wasn’t cool, either, but they thought they were — and sometimes, that’s almost enough. [I]Downtown Girl[/I] was a song I listened to a lot in university, and I still think it’s an alright track.[I] [MEDIA=youtube]fxomnyllzKc[/MEDIA][/I] Now, don’t look any of these guys up, because they all got OOOOOOLD! Too bad we can’t stay in 2007 forever, eh lads? ::rofl [/QUOTE]

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