Something Corporate - Leaving Through The Window

First time I saw the name Something Corporate I thought it was a pretty damn clever band name – boy was I wrong. If this band is clever then Enrique Iglesias is a modern day Plato. Something Corporate, simply put, is exactly what they profess themselves to be... something corporate. Leaving Through The Window is 57 minutes of over-produced, pop crap. They are signed to a punk-pop label, but there’s nothing punk about these kids. Oh yeah, the lead singer plays the piano, but let us not call them pioneers just yet. We’ve all heard what Ben Folds can do with a piano. Well, Andrew McMahon might as well not play anything and just sing. You can’t even say the piano is a supporting instrument in the band; the producers just bring the sound in now and then to remind you that they’re “cool” because they have a piano and they’re signed to Drive-Thru Records. Sorry, but it’s going to take a bit more than that to catch my attention. In all honesty, the only song that is the least bit notable is “If You C Jordan” (clever ain’t it? …Do corporations not know how to spell?). Coincidentally, it’s one of the few songs that put the piano in the forefront to drive the song. The chorus is big and grand, they say, “Fuck you,” and it’s got this kind of 80’s rock vibe (I mean for goodness sake, the leader singer listens to Toto). Aside from “Hurricane”, the band’s only attempt at the punk-pop label they’re so quick to flaunt, the rest of the album is stock and unmemorable. The kind of music that allows you to listen to almost an hour of it and then not remember a damn bit of it. Expect the standard, sensitive pop-punk lyrics about immature love, high school grudges and kissing drunken girls mixed with super-produced, pop-rock ballads when listening to Leaving Through The Window. Surely there’s something else you’d want to spend your money on? Right? [www.somethingcorporate.com]