Insomniatic - ALY & AJ

Sunday, July 8, 2007


In which the teen princesses of Radio Disney and their own branding empire construct an endlessly ambitious yet endlessly effervescent confessional pop-rock breakup album that deserves to carry them far beyond their teen pop base—in the Pat Benatar era, that would've been likely. Departures range from the delirious '80s California new wave amusement-park pop of "Like Whoa" to the title cut's blurry-eyed Nirvana pastiche to "Bullseye," with power chords hitting the spot like its title. Tunes are dressed up in a heavenly Europop-synth sparkle, and the lyrics—frequently harmonized through complex Destiny's Child time signatures —turn blood on the tracks into a celebration: "I used to wear your shirt to bed/ Now it's in the trash instead"; "I'm getting closer to closure"; "Let me repeat that/I want my stuff back/ You can send it in a box." On their birthday. Their "stupid birthday." —Chuck Eddy

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