For some reason this bio gives me quite some mixed feelings. At one moment I’m completely convinced by this band. Their music makes me move and sing along where possible and therefore I could conclude that this band has reached its goal. On the other hand, I definitely wouldn’t call this band ‘the next big thing’. Because The Audition simply isn’t. Yeah, they reached their goal; they can make me move and enjoy their album. But the thing is, this music is just too pop-oriented if you’d ask me. It’s very commercial and I think many people will see this band as a nice addition to the thousands of other poprock bands on the radio nowadays.

 

Over to the music itself then shall we? Although I think I made myself pretty clear by describing this music as poprock. The music can be described best as ‘passionate, melodic, (too) hyped poprock’. You can hear that the band has put a lot of emotion into their songs and that can only considered to be a positive thing here. The Audition likes to play their songs mostly up-tempo, but by building in well-considered breaks, the songs get something extra. (Oh, and before I forget it: this CD is supposed to be played very loud, I can assure you that it’ll make the album sound much better!)

Hopefully you have an impression of what the album should sound like by now. You’ve probably heard it a dozen times before and personally I consider this band a nice one for the radio. Though, if you’re into this stuff…it’s worth buying this album because you’ll definitely get a great sing-along production.