I guess Mondo Primo are trying to push the edge of power pop and punk by being ballsy enough to call the new album “2FN HOT” (I’m sure one of these guys has it on a license plate). The group’s sound is closest compared with Bowling For Soup with even more pop polish. Fans of Sloan will enjoy the opener “Overheated” which rocks hard and includes dreamy harmonies and minor chord changes. It plays like a great single and then it goes over to the very Weezer/Green Day-ish “Bands With Brand New Amps.” This sound continues with the rest of the album and the boys have a fresh energy that makes most of the songs work. Songs like “Allegories” and the speed-guitar fest “Dude, Your Girlfriend Sucks” are standouts that will make you forget about The Click Five (remember them?) and other Disney band-o-the-week pretenders. In a wonderful nod to The Beach Boys, Mondo Primo concentrates on “East Coast Girls” and the buzzsaw guitars form a wall of sound that ends in a crescendo. A love song to this style of music is best illustrated in “Powerchords” where the lead singer laments “hope I never get bored of these power chords”, and most power pop fans won’t. So my advice kids, slowly back away from the Jonas Brothers dreck and give Mondo Primo a chance.
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Listen to “”Dude, Your Girlfriend Sucks” in 3D! – Grab your glasses! COOL! The 3-D theme is all over this album. Do you want to see the original video where this came from? It’s The Mask (1961)
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