Hot Chelle Rae May Get You "Lovesick Electric"

I knew nothing about the band Hot Chelle Rae before I listened to their album "Lovesick Electric." I found myself hearing tinges of sound from other bands within the mix, but Hot Chelle Rae also managed to present their own unique self amongst the tracks, enough so that a few of the songs I would even call: good. "Lovesick Electric" is rock music for a teen crowd though, I don't think a serious rocker will find a complete connection with the music or the material, though there are moments to be stolen. A solid album of sound, check it out, my song by song notes are below.

"Say (Half Past Nine)": The song has a fairly quick pacing to it, but something holds back the real "umph." It needs to kick out and be more Foo Fighters than One Republic and instead it falls more pop than rock and that is possibly what dulls the edge it seems to have the potential for. Come away with them, take his hand, generic vocals and lyrics have me reaching to pull the plug on this one, but does not leave me hopeless for an afterlife.

"I Like To Dance": A little rock and a little disco, kind of reminds me of early Panic At the Disco or even Good Charlotte. The album title gets chanted in this song and overall the track is catchy enough to tap your foot too.

"Never Have I": More Panic At The Disco with a slight tinge of Greenday and overall too much cuteness for the song's own good.

"Bleed": Dashboard Confessional anyone?

"Bushes": "You got me walking through the bushes, baby!" "Sneak out the back, I'll have you back before he knows you're gone." I do like the picture they are trying to paint, reminds me of sneaking my girlfriend out of her house once upon a long time ago, but the tune itself is not interesting; idea, but not delivery.

"Problematique": The driving drum beat is ridden by the vocals and they go nowhere interesting at all.

"The Distance": A pop rock song with sorrow motivated delivery, it is similar in formula to a Daughtry type of song, but Hot Chelle Rae brings more to the table than Daughtrey in the "feeling it" department. Not bad.

"Alright": Bland pop rock, this time Hot Chelle Rae does not add anything to the formula that stands out.

"Queen Of The Silence": Meh, short, not sweet, filler mostly, thought it was going to be a sexy rock song, but was disappointed.

"Nothing Left To Hide": It's a good thing the singer does not go all Adam Lambert on you, he teases with his screech, but reels it in before it ever goes overboard and thus you once again get a foot tapping song you can get behind and not feel the glam is too off-kilter Broadway.

"Last One Standing": This is a power ballad song that has me thinking of other bands mish-mashed together, though I could not put my finger on who exactly, perhaps a little Hoobastank? It's a nice single for what it is though.