Red Umbrella
With '90s power pop influences in tow, Canadian rockers Red Umbrella have c… Read Full Bio ↴With '90s power pop influences in tow, Canadian rockers Red Umbrella have concocted a winning formula of crunchy new wave splendor. Fans of the Posies, Semisonic, andFountains of Wayne now have a reason to live again, thanks to the delightful melodic pop on Wishing for Boardwalk. The boys have been compared to Coldplay, but all the Brit-pop sound-alikes in the universe could not muster the peppy confidence that lead vocalist/guitarist Jeremy Michaelis evokes with each note.
For instance, the hook-filled "Home" sounds like it could have been lifted straight from Oasis' hit collection Stop the Clocks, complete with a piano hook bigger than Noel Gallagher's ego. But rather than sport a revivalist sound, Red Umbrellacome off with a triumphantly new sonic mix that puts them in the same ballpark as the Killers.
Crunchy guitars lead the first single, "Straitjacket" an open-ended query as to the meaning of life. Other winning tracks include "Run," "What About Me?," and "Slide." The grungy power pop of late-career Posies makes Boardwalk a charming effort through and through. Particularly heard during the iTunes era when a generation of listeners can pick and choose single songs without ever really digesting a full album's worth of music from the same artist, Boardwalk is an achievement of consistent - and sometimes even brilliant - rock & roll.
For instance, the hook-filled "Home" sounds like it could have been lifted straight from Oasis' hit collection Stop the Clocks, complete with a piano hook bigger than Noel Gallagher's ego. But rather than sport a revivalist sound, Red Umbrellacome off with a triumphantly new sonic mix that puts them in the same ballpark as the Killers.
Crunchy guitars lead the first single, "Straitjacket" an open-ended query as to the meaning of life. Other winning tracks include "Run," "What About Me?," and "Slide." The grungy power pop of late-career Posies makes Boardwalk a charming effort through and through. Particularly heard during the iTunes era when a generation of listeners can pick and choose single songs without ever really digesting a full album's worth of music from the same artist, Boardwalk is an achievement of consistent - and sometimes even brilliant - rock & roll.
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Red Umbrella Lyrics
Already Won I've been in the middle of a brilliant plan So lay…
Broken Hearts I don't want to tell you what I've seen Some…
Crazy We be crazy, we be crazy, we be crazy Gonna bring…
Elevator You're making move like wind on a sail Changing my…
Home Waiting for my time when somebody walks to me Somebody…
Run I once was a dreamer I once was a man…
Saving Grace You'll see that if I try, I'm gonna be fast…
Slide Let's see where this leads Follow the path through the…
Storm Warning If you're cold outside and your tears you cannot hide…
Straight Jacket All the pieces of the puzzle are aligned now In…
Tonight Just trying to stick around I'm trying to figure out…
Trade Your Dreams I glanced as much as it took His stare as…
What About Me It's like people have never thought of dreaming I don't kno…
Wishing For Boardwalk I wish life was a game that I could learn…