The now-defunct Jacksonville outfit The Sophomore Attempt, arrived in the mid-2000\u2019s to a flooded emo pop and pop punk scene. With a plethora of groups like Fall Out Boy and The All-American Rejects dominating the charts, the Floridian quintet managed to stand out from the ranks of lookalike bands by penning catchy songs. Their hooks and Jeremiah Dunlap’s smooth vocals landed them on the Warped Tour, a dream come true for the indie rockers. <\/p>\n
The Sophomore Attempt’s second album, Hallways<\/i>, is an absolute success. With only one mediocre track in seven, Hallways<\/i> consistently delivers memorable music. Opener “Forget The Competition” is propelled by jumping guitars and has a sing-along worthy chorus. The group creatively samples from the ambient sound genre with a slowdown bridge-chorus that defies normal pop-punk conventions. Next up, \u201cSky Command To Battlestations,\u201d is more conventional but its chorus sticks with you. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine,\u201d Dunlap sings in the best line, \u201cStamping on all your friends \/ Like they\u2019re concrete, they\u2019re not concrete \/ You\u2019re gonna sink.\u201d The fourth cut, \u201cTwo Can Play At That Game,\u201d cannot go without mention. The song uses dynamics well and has the best verses and bridge on the album.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n
But it\u2019s the final two tracks that are the best on this record. “Get Me An Exit” has energy Red Bull can only dream of bottling.\u00a0This breakup song drips with the spite that evolved between the two subjects.\u00a0Songs like this one put The Sophomore Attempt on fan-generated lists of Warped Tour groups that will be sorely missed. While it isn’t as clever “Two Can Play At That Game,” it is straightforward enough to be the perfect single while saving a few tricks for the end in a scaled-back gang chorus just for the audience and an homage to the Wizard Of Oz<\/i>. \u00a0The closing track, “The Turn,” is a show-stealer as well. It is a sincere ballad, which can be hard to find in a genre full of snarky titles and obscure, oft-forced metaphors.<\/p>\n
Very few seven-song albums deliver such consistency, not to mention three tracks that won’t find their way out of your playlist. Hallways<\/i> took its place on that short-list in 2007, and it represents for fans the best memento of a band that remains well-loved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":30410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8612],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42072","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-sophomore-attempt","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42072"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}