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When I first heard Your Vegas played on my favorite radio station, I liked the song—so I stopped and took note of the band’s name.
As I continued to hear Your Vegas on the radio, though, I realized something about that single that the DJs always played: I liked the song, but I could never remember anything about it. In fact, whenever the DJ announced, “We just played Your Vegas…” I’d stop and think, Really? They played Your Vegas? I like them, right?
And the same is true of the band’s album, A Town and Two Cities. It’s not that I don’t like the album; it’s just that I can’t remember anything about it after I’ve stopped listening to it.
Perhaps that’s because Your Vegas sounds just a little too much like everybody else. In fact, when I think of Your Vegas, I often start singing someone else’s song in my head. Right now, for instance, it’s Keane. On one hand, maybe that’s a good thing—because I like Keane, and Your Vegas sometimes reminds me of Keane. So that must mean that I like their sound. On the other hand, though, the fact that I can’t think about Your Vegas without immediately thinking about somebody else definitely isn’t a good thing.
And that’s unfortunate, too—because, if you take it one song at a time, A Town and Two Cities is a pretty good album. The beats are solid, and the sound is big and bold. At times, the vocals are a bit heavy on the falsetto, which makes some of the tracks sound a bit whiny—but, really, that’s a minor complaint.
The greatest problem, however, is that, when you put all the songs together, each one sounds a lot like the last. They’re not all that catchy. There’s nothing especially memorable about any of them. And there’s nothing to differentiate them from every other song on the radio.
In the end, A Town and Two Cities isn’t a bad album. It’s got a good sound—a very now sound. But their now sound is pretty much the same as everybody else’s now sound—and there’s very little to make Your Vegas stand out from everyone else. And, unfortunately, the result is that A Town and Two Cities is a decent album—but it’s one that’s completely forgettable.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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