Cute Is What We Aim For - Rotation

Fueled By Ramen/Warner Records . 08/14/07 . written by Oliver

Cute Is What We Aim For is a Pop Rock band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 2005. On Wickipedia I found, that "Cute" orginated from a phone call, when Jeff Czum called his friend Fred. "Cute" became his trademark expression for "Cool", explains the writer on Wickipedia. Nice story, I´ll guess. However, I am glad to present you the new CIWWAF record, which has turned out so good, that I almost can´t believe it. Let me mention this first: If you like the Epitaph band The Higher, go mix them up with the very best songs from The Starting Line and overflow the mixture with a small Punk attitude, just like you find in All Time Low - then you have Cute Is What We Aim For. The new record came out on Fueled By Ramen/ Warner records on June 24th 2008. The record contains twelve impressive Pop-Rock tunes, pretty much affected by the listed bands. The record starts off with a killer song, called "Practice makes perfect". I feel so very reminded to The Starting Line´s newest release "Direction". The message in this song is pretty good, because it talks about making mistakes and learning from those mistakes: "Practice makes perfect... I have done a few things I regret". The chorus and the melodie have turned out so great. The next song is called Doctor - a slamming midtempo song with a killer refrain. Play the song fast forward to those passages: 1.22 and 1.52 (min). I totally love the Latino-style, while the drums and the trumpets in the back really create a fantastic atmosphere. "Navigate Me" is the next great song, with a real cool line in it to find. Shaant Timothy Hacikyan has such a wonderful voice and a sweet message for the girls out there. He sings about sexual experience with a girl. The line goes: "Navigate me trough your body... I love the way, you talk on top of me". That´s really a cool line, I think. The whole record consists of perfect songs. "Do What You Do" really sounds like a Starting Line copy, but I am fine with it, because I love the Starting Line. One of the most outstanding songs on the new album to find is called "Hollywood" - a supermelodic tune with trumpet and synthesizer in the back. By the way: John Feldman of Goldfinger has produced that slamming masterpiece, that you really need to listen to. The band caused a lot of attention in 2006 with their Billboard 200-charting debut album "The same old blood rush". The record was already good, but the new release is a masterpiece with amazing melodies on and great lyrics to find. To me CIWWAF has recorded the very best Pop-Punk record in 2008.

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