The Unlovables - Crush* Boyfriend* Heartbreak

Ok, I’ll keep this short and sweet. I will not give this CD a great review because every other reviewer decided they should. I was anticipating good things from The Unlovables and their second release, Crush-Boyfriend-Heartbreak (Whoa Oh Records). True enough, the title offers you a hint of just what all great pop-punk bands have to present, but never did I imagine it to be so…bad. Musically, the CD rocked: lots of energy, fronted by tasteful, pop-punk power chords and singer Hallie Bullit's sweet-as-candy and catchy vocals, as it should be. Although, lyrically, I felt as if I was listening to an 8th grader sing her diary—very juvenile and feeble. I thought this was the age of “girl-power” music! Instead, she assaults her (and my) womanhood repeatedly with tasteless and spineless tales of break-up. My ears screamed, "Get over it, already!" The cd sets off with “I’ve Cried 4 U,” a song that begs and pleads for an unknown male object to be in her life. I’ll spare you the lyrics. In “If You Were Here,” only the second track, I couldn’t figure out if she was lusting after a male or female. Not to question one’s sexuality, but as a listener…I need to know! By the time I got to the tenth track, “It Sucks” (a title that summarizes the entire disc), Bullitt sings, “I never wanted to be that/Mopey, sappy, crying, sighing/Weeping fucking girl who’s left behind.” Good luck. After more than accomplishing that, who would want to come back? One song that did get my attention, though, was "Feelin' All Emo (Since I Broke Up With You)." I was disappointed with this album because Punk Rock Club was absolutely awesome. But by the end of this disc, I was so annoyed that I nearly ripped the disc from my stereo and wanted to find a boyfriend for the girl! [www.theunlovables.com]