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wow. so what exactly IS good music to you? you need to see them live, as well as grow up.
remember kids... HM is THE AUTHORITY for all album reviews. If they don't ok it then... well... you should go throw it away. thats why if you goto www.theonlyalbumreviewplaceever.com it has a direct link back to here.
I love that you preface your review with a reference to TRL and American Idol because they are about as superficial and mindless as your review. Did you even listen to the album? You say it wasn't worth listening to once, maybe you should at least try listening twice before you condemn an album.
obviously this guys doesnt play music cause he doesnt understand good stuff when he hears it. ive listened to the album many times and it is creative and fluid. its their first album and though maybe not perfect it is amazing. i think this was a poor review and a obvious lack of good judgement.
obviously this guys doesnt play music cause he doesnt understand good stuff when he hears it. ive listened to the album many times and it is creative and fluid. its their first album and though maybe not perfect it is amazing. i think this was a poor review and a obvious lack of good judgement.
Let me tell you, Rock and Roll man, Rock and Roll, everyone one else can eat it and fletcher is cool........seriously
btw, where the crap do you hear any Creed similarities in the vocals????
Honestly...what the crap dude? Creed? Of all the band references you could have made...CREED?!!? Please tell me you aren't employed by HM...if you are...then HM has lost all credibility hiring someone like yourself. I understand people have different musical tastes...to each his own...but you didn't even write a QUALITY review...opinions aside, your review just sucked. Took you 3 paragraphs to even mention the name "Fletcher" and when you did mention it you compared the vocals to Creed...as if there was even a remote comparison to them. And then you say "the guitars are constantly pushing the songs forward, and there is a lot of potential therein" which is directly followed by "this album just isn’t really worth even listening once through". Now, if I recall correctly...you just said that the guitars push the songs forward...but the album isn't even worth listening to once through? Are you an idiot? How can they push the songs forward and but not enough to listen the whole way through? Until you can give a thorough, relevant review...you can forget me doing anymore than laughing at your musically illiterate self.
I would be hard-pressed to find a review more poorly written than this one. Your mention of Fletcher seems an afterthought. If HM hires writers this capriciously, then give them my number because i need a summer job. Your missplaced axioms and generalized statements-"The singing is ... just bad"-begs one to wonder if you have listened to the album at all. Your seemingly minimal analytic capacity is covered up with meaningless banter and ill-fitting comparisons.
"The inconsistencies are just too great, the ideas too rough and the result too mundane" - an apt description of this review.
Are you sure you listened to Fletcher? Because I mean maybe you got it mixed up with something else that actually sucks. I happen to know and love all of the guys in Fletcher, and its the uniqueness of the musical and vocal aspects that make it appealing....and a Creed comparison? I mean...please, Let's do be honest with ourselves! If thats what you got out if the I am most positive you had the wrong CD in!
That was a sorry-ass excuse for a review. That band can't help it that you are suddenly dealing with feelings of inadequacy due to the ever increasing gap between yourself and popular culture. What ever happened to actually writing reviews based on the content of the record?
what?.. that's all i can say.. seriously im with booth.. did you listen to the right cd? cause i've listened to that cd numerous times and have yet to find ANY similarities between fletcher and creed.. and also between fletcher and suckiness..
My whole problem with this whole thing are those comments on the vocals. Personally, everyone that I have been with when they hear this record for the first time always comment on the vocals as well. The difference is that they are saying "That kid can sing" or "I think I am in love with him based on his voice alone". It seems like this review was written ahead of time...and then when an actual cd came around to review, the names were inserted here and there. Sad.
Along with some other comments, I'm disappointed at the lack of actual song references of specific points made in the review. Does the whole thing really sound that bad? Are the vocals that uniformly awful?
I don't think they are. This article, like many, seems to announce frustration at the general sad-state of indie rock. That's fine--I think everybody cringed when Dashboard Confessional was yowping it up on TRL--but what about this album? What about the songs? Don't just feed me how you're sick of indie rock and then trash an album without reasons.
so which song did you not like? oh, my bad dude you didn't mention ANY of the songs. maybe your just trying to get all of this attention by going against a good thing?? it sounds like you had some pre-conceived notions about fletcher before the album was put into your cd player. maybe you should be more open-minded to hard music, as the magazine is called. and the last time i checked, fletcher and maroon 5 sounded about as much alike as ozzy and mary poppins. God bless you though brother.
Do yourself a favor and turn in your internship resignation. Stop wasting mom and dad's money as well as the readers time. You completely botched this cd without even knowing anything about it. I believe in writing a FAIR review but not a mindless "I've got one more review to go before my day is over" review which would involve popping the cd in, skimming through the first 5 seconds of each song and then calling it bad. You are probably a smart kid. You should try to do something else with your life.
Did you even listen to the cd , because to me it sounds liek you didn't even give it a chance. You offer no refrences of what you talked about. Making comparisons to maroon 5 and creed is rediculous. Please tell me where you hear those things. This review proved a waste of time because it wasn't even a review. No where did you review the cd at all, because to do that you would have had to listen to all the songs completely and make refrences to them so people would know what you were even talking about.
You're a complete amature.
Wow at first I was prettied worried about your indie cred but then you stuck it to me with your inability to remember a band name. I am sure the TRL watching was just to remind everyone how ironic you are. I was also pleased to learn that you are so deeply detatched from the mainstream music world that you are just hearing about "little indie rock bands" getting success. Trust me Maroon 5 is indie but obviously Maroon 5 is not indie enough for you. Your discriminating tastes have obviously given you a truly beneficial set of blinders to the majority of music today. But thank God the real indie bands are doing well, I was really worried about Matador and Sub Pop two struggling record labels.
Wait. I haven't mentioned Fletcher yet. Then again by this point in your review neither had you. I'm not even going to bring my personal views on Fletcher into this but maybe you should have. Instead of trashing how two dimensional things are in the music business you might should have listened to the cd (perhaps twice!) and learned a little bit about the album.
I would like to close with a quote from your review about Maroon 5's album " Apparently the lead singer had had a bad one recently and devoted a whole album as well as his interview time at MTV studios to consoling himself about it." No one ever makes good albums about break ups. Ever. I trust you.
p.s. Did Pitchfork reject you? Are you still bitter about that? Do you still live with your Mom? I would love a reply to these questions if you have time in your busy schedule.
It seems that in less than 24 hours, your review has been greatly opposed. Not one single comment was supportive or appreciative.
I will just say my tid that your review does have a lot of potential therein and that if you count all of your losses and spend a little bit of time refining yourself , then there’s a small possibility you might come out all right.
I also must admit that this review's inconsistencies are just too great, the ideas too rough and the result too mundane.
your wrong, fletcher rules
i take it you listened to the first 15 seconds of each song, realized you cant sing as good as jess, and just decided, well if i cant be good neither can they and just starting making fun of one of the biggest influences in my life..way to make alot of people mad in less than a day...way to go hotshot
Your lack of any track reference and, lack any detail at all really, gives it away that you more than likely didn't even actually listen to the album.
i'm just gonna make this short and sweet. this was the absolute worst review i have ever read. even if u don't have that big of a taste in indie bands u shouldn't just bash them all to hell. so anwayz, i think someone needs to find a new job, and that's all i'm gonna say for now.
well chris if i was you i would stop writing reviews on indie bands and stick to trl stars you obviously dont appriciate music and have no right to attack an album like that. you need to stop embarrassing yourself and never write a review again.
looks to me like you ate a bowl of alphabet soup and crapped out that review
chris, dude that was pitiful. not only is fletcher amazing (which you obviously missed), and not only did you compare them to creed, but you also said jesse(leadsinger) could not sing. thats insane!! hes amazing and so is this band. everyone should by the cd, its a honor to have a cd of a band so individual and so talented. stick to teeny bopper magazines man, you shouldn't write here
those who hhavent heard fletcher. check em out at www.purevolume.com/fletcherMS
it's hard to comment on this review. i mean.. is it actually a review of an album or just the band in general? anyhow, i guess you don't hear any faraquet or cursive influence on this record, do you? wait.. who is faraquet? fletcher is probably the best rock band that calls themselves christians today. the ALBUM is great and stands out among all rocknroll music released these days.
you are terrible and need to be fired you dont know what the hell you are talking about i understand that people have different tastes in music but if you criticize a band then dont make yourself look like an idiot. you need to learn how to write a good review cause your ridiculous at it
Man, I have to say that your review sucks. Did you really listen to the album or what? What you've said is totaly wrong. In my opinion you should be fired, did your boss just like pick your name out of a hat for this review job or what? You really have no idea what your talking about. Fletcher is awesome and so is the singing which you said was "unpolished and, quite frankly, just bad." just sell cd's dont review them.
Fletcher is awesome, everything about their music is really good.Whoever made this review sucks.You guys don't know what you're talking about.
"Fletcher is probably never a band who you will have to worry about this happening with."
Christopher, I think you've proven my point.
your view is invalid due to ignorance in the field of indie rock. yea you basically suck at your comparisons of fletcher to any MTV based band.
Fletcher has more talent than you could ever dream of.
yours truly,
Nick
AS FOR FRIENDS DON'T SPEAK........
FLETCHER'S FRIENDS HAVE SPOKEN.
it is obvious that you have given an unfair and biased review of an incredible CD. How dare you compare a band to Creed. In the realm of reviewing that is a mortal sin. you should be ashamed of yourself. i suggest that someone who knows about music and can properly review the CD listen to it again.
sincerely you douche bag,
david s.
why would you be so ignorant to compare the talent of fletcher to the wannabe rock riffs of creed. that is one of the dumbest things i have ever or will ever hear. were you drunk, high, etc. etc. when you wrote this review. i hope you get nothing but bad feedback, hate mail, and a kick in the ass for all i care. no offense, but u should lose your job. jesse is phenomenal singer, guitar, and musician in general. not to mention his song writing skills. o yea and did i forget about jimmys amazing guitar, drews blow your mind bass, and lens incredible drum skills. how dare you compare a band of this caliber to any pop or punk wanna be you see on trl who try and be deep but percieve influence from adolesense instead of actual relationships. i pitty you and anyone who made this review, fletcher has more talent than most bands you can find. now all i want you to do is to go to your boss and ask to get demoted for how bad you suck at reviewing and the embarrasment you have brought to you and anyone who works with you.
Dude, I'm gona start by saying: YOUR A FAG! you have no taste in music obviously and are no good at writing. Your review made no sense. You talked about some TRL and American Idol B.S. and then in the next to last paragraph you finnaly mention the band! common, this review if for the band not for you to ramble on about crap. You deffinitly need an Eng. class (I know could use one myself but I'm in one!) and you need to learn something about music. Listen to the CD! yea its not the best but its the first album, its packed with emotion, rock, and most of LIFE. The cd rocks!!! Go see 'em in concert and write another review. In fact write another review all together or delete this one cause YOU SUCK. Well thats enough of my rambling, Drew YOU ROCK MAN, SCREW THIS GUY!!
Ok, so basically, you're wrong. Please listen to their cd again, attend one of their shows, or find a new effing job. Seriously, Creed? "The singing is unpolished and, quite frankly, just bad." Wow, isn't that the comment of the century. What do you want? Perfect, fake, polished vocals with no feeling or greatness at all? Please let us all know what you really look for in a good rock band because I really can't tell what you see as talent. You did say that they have a lot of potential. Wow, thanks for the compliment....Fletcher is already amazing, they're already all I expect in a great band and more. So, rethink all you're little comments and give the band a second chance, they may suprise you.
Well well. im just flabbergasted....baffled, to say the least. So the singing isn't squeaky clean and polished? I didn't think you hard rock types even liked melody. i hope you take a long hard look at this review in the mirror. those mirrors teach us things dude! Maybe(be aware that i said "maybe") it could show ya how to write a good review, DUDE!!!!!!
I'm going to have to say your review of this album was, without any doubt, the worst I have ever seen. Quite frankly I think you do not deserve to write about any type of music, I mean, your complete lack of respect for a great band is uncalled for. Your constant slandering of something you obviously know nothing about is about the same as me saying your mother is fat and ugly, now, having never seen your mother would that be a relevant statement? I think not. So, Mr. Chris before you go drive another good thing into the ground without the least bit of understanding, you should probably research your topic a little more so you could give your readers a more well rounded opinion.
Have a nice day
-fatt
all the hype of TRL + all the publicity of Maroon 5 = 1/234958723 of what the boys in Fletcher managed to portray on their album
i'm shocked and appalled at your article and the uneducated attempt of a review you tried to write...there's more sincerity on that album than any teary-eyed performance, inerview, or closed-minded review could ever prove.
good article buddy, really. why don't you try listening to the cd. then we'll listen.
alright man jokes over...really...time to insert the CORRECT cd into your cd player...you might need help on that...and time to right a REAL review...seriously. take O-TOWN out of your cd player and put some real music in. (it's the one that says F L E T C H E R). don't play dumb with the whole "maroon something." you were probably first in line to get that cd and im sure you have a poster of scott stapp on your ceiling, so you can look at him before you go to bed every night. dirty closet fan. hopefully daddy owns this magazine because nobody in their right mind should have ever hired you. oh and if somehow sense gets knocked into your sorry excuse for a brain, and you actually realize that Fletcher is amazing, you should probably just never speak again...for your own protection.
is this guy serious? i love HM magazine, no doubt, but how the crap can you post a review like this. granted, it is your OPINION. but did you even listen to the CD? ask anyone who knows me, im a metalhead through and through. but even i have respect of the talent displayed on this CD. where do you go off comparing fletcher to bands like creed and even using maroon 5 in the same freakin review? you took the art of 4 hard working kids and totally bashed it. i guess thats why you do reviews and dont play music.
I don't claim to be a an authority on music, but "friends don't speak" is one of the most fluid records i have ever heard. As far as vocals go, it really doesn't get any better. But what do I know about it?
By the way, to the people posting. Watch the freaking language, this is a Christian magazine.
Your review sucks. These four individuals are some of the most talented, passionate, and dedicated that there ever will be. The music shouldn't even begin to be compared to the likes of The Shins or Maroon 5 who Fletcher trample upon with their music. You didn't do them or their work any justice whatsoever even in comparing them to someone who might sound remotely like them. In short, if you ever create music even remotely as good as that of Fletcher, and you won't, pigs shall fly...you should learn to at least do a good job of criticizing others work. After all...if bands didn't make the music you criticize would you have this "job?"
thank God for you this wasnt printed in a real magazine.. i dont think you, as a "critic", are anywhere talented enough "critic-wise" to be published in anything REAL!.. you are a freakin moron w/ no sense what-so-ever!.... Fletcher is talented which is something you obviously dont know the meaning of... and further more, this comparison to creed?? what the f?? go back to school and try to learn your "craft" again.. better luck next time kiddo b/c you sure as heck suck at music reviewing...
OH man you are awesome!...I mean totally forgetting the name of that band you saw on that show which was just a tooootal waste of time, that's just so...MAN! that's just so cool! wow "Maroon something or other" haha I bet that's really their name...ya know? I mean it might as well be right? because they're just not worth the time of day...yeah, buncha morons. psssht...
All sarcasm aside, dude what the crap were you thinking? Like I'm all about forming your own opinion on music and whatnot, but why on Earth would you regurgitate such journalistic crap. Who are you to say they're not worth even listening to one time through? That's not for you to decide.
And please for the love of all things holy, drop the whole elitist, music writer journalist prick facade. Be nice, and be intelligent, and love! Freakin' LOVE! and think about stuff and try new things and go on adventures, and read books about butterflies and get cool hobbies like learning how to cultivate various types of exotic plants, and French cooking. The Journalism thing just isn't working for you man. But It's okay...I too was upset the day I realized that I wasn't worthy enough of becoming a shogun. So I settled on an art major instead.
Love,
Aaron Keuter
P.S. Fletcher is freakin' awesome!
So what exactly defines good music to you? Boxed and prepackaged doesn't do it for you, so how about some emotion and soul and a band that is more about real life than anything on TRL?! Fletcher may be rough around the edges, as you seem to think, but doesn't every band have to start somewhere? Real, True, Good music moves your soul when you listen to it. If your soul didn't feel moved when you listened to Fletcher, you obviously must have had your CD player turned all the way down. Try turning it up next time! That might help!
right on Aaron
yea!!!
Your a crazy man. I don't know if you were listening to the fletcher cd maybe you were listening to Nickelback or someone. Listen again, and open your mind.
Wow, Chris, a lot of Fletcher fans (and one Zach B) didn't like your review.
these guys are wonderful. don't listen to this moron...everyone go buy their cd.
moron, fool, idiot, loser, mental defective, flibbertigibbet... these are the words that come to mind as i read your review. i have been enjoying fletcher for over three years now and find your take on the band very counterfactual. i suppose that watching "maroon something or other" on trl got in the way of you actually listening to the album before publishing such a brainless review.
"friends don't speak" has been in my cd player ever since i bought it this past summer; and i'm about to go buy another one... or two. hey man, ill send you one. you will love it. it is one of the most brilliant things i have ever heard. YOU SHOULD DO A REVIEW ON IT FOR THE MAGAZINE THAT HIRED YOU! (journals aren't more than 10 bucks at your local bookstore. i suggest purchasing one, and stop wasting our time) in Him - josh
hey first off, thanks for even taking the time to listen to fletcher. out of all the "little indie rock bands" i'm sure they were honored to even be recognized in hm, even if you unjustly reviewed their cd. i don't see the meaning in getting angry about your cd review because i don't want to associate any negative feeling towards fletcher's music. it is worshipful. it is inspired. you can't deny how God has used their music. you can't review that or compare that to anything. you can't dismiss the fact that you felt strongly about it when you finished listening to it (if you listened to it). you were so adamant about saying that it wasn't a good album. so you can't deny that you felt something.
in hm this month, you gave a somewhat solid review on qid-also on esperanza- but i guess fletcher just somehow didn't musically cut it for you, which makes me sad. please listen again. be open to something new, and if you don't like it that is okay, but you have to give it a chance. i don't know if you did that.
FALSE.
Let the record show that I (david) put no stock in anything, and i mean anything that HM magazine publishes and that includes what their reviewers say. Shame on this guy for not giving a talented band a fair shot. I suppose that the hot shots at HM think that their God's gift to the magazine world. ( I laugh aloud). It's far past pathetic that a reviewer with this kind of audience is so trigger happy when it comes to slamming any band that doesn't take up the "metal" sound. Oh yea, and the only trait that fletcher has with Creed is that they a) have loads of fans, and, b) they sell cds.
you suck at life... but that aside, the fact that you were watching TRL gives me a clue that you dont have very good tastes in music, and the fact that you said the cd wasnt worth listening to all the way through make me think that you didnt even hear it. those guys are going places and i hope they laugh at you when they get there.
ps.
CREED?! any ignorant MTV fan compares stuff to creed... thats not even inde.... dont write anymore until you think about what youve done
dude sorry you don't suck at life just at reviewing
im too lazy to type all of the things i found wrong in your article BUT as an honest music fan i dont pretend to say it was a perfect cd.. as a matter of fact i dont own a cd by any band that is perfect. But Jesse sounds nothing like Scott Stapp you blithering idiot. The music is filled with emotion and power not seen out of a band that young ever around here. (Im not going to say emo because the word makes me cringe) Ever since i was a youngster ive watched Fletcher play and become good friends with all of the guys, so i am partial to them personally but i can also say that i would love their band even if i had never met any of the guys in the band. they are just good musicians and they arent trying to write hits to prove things to trl viewers like yourself. ok thats enough from me good day
HAHA - i guess you didn't realize how many people FREAKIN' LOVE Fletcher: the guys themselves and the music they play. seems you're in the minority pal...
ok first of all, those guyz in Fletcher r the nicest sweetest guyz ever! and theyre music iz AWESOME!!! u dont realize how much everyone loves them u idiot! but watever. i dont agree with wat u say at all.
Obviously, with the numerous outcries against your review, Mister Blister (which is what I will now refer to you as), have proven you false. If Fletcher was a band that "never should have gotten past the garage stage" then they wouldn't have. Fletcher is talent, Fletcher is rock and roll, Fletcher gives me faith in mankind... OK that last one was a bit of a stretch, or was it?
As for the vocals issue, Jess has an AMAZING voice, I wish I could do what he does.
You know what Mister Blister, I've come to the conclusion that you're just silly, and I don't listen to silly people. So there!
Fletcher sucks?
"Fluxuating?"
What are you, crapforbrains?
Fletcher sucks?
"Fluxuating?"
What are you, crapforbrains?
well dang, this is obviously going to shatter fletcher's career and any hopes they ever had of getting on TRL.
The guy is an idiot but why don't you get back to him with intelligent responses. "You suck. You're wrong. Fletcher is great." That doesn't work. You just look ingorant.
Well I'm the Pope and I think its a good album! whipper snapper! I think the guitar rifts and drums throughout the whole album keep you waiting for what they can do next. Keep Rocking Guys!
this review is perfect.
i'll tell ya that Rockwells singer is sounds little like elmer fudd
perfect for me to poop on!!
the review sucked
someones incopetient and has absolutely no idea what they are talking about. fletcher compared to creed? ha you have no idea what your talking about. jerk face.
wow, i have no words for that kind of ignorance. but hey- thats your opinion, go with it. we will all keep you in our prayers that god would lead you out of the musical darkness you are living in. and if you are going to do a cd review, why would you pick something to write about that you deem "worthless".it seems a waste of time to me. i mean, if you do a review, it seems to me that you would want to do it on something that is "worthy" of the readers' time. and fletcher is way worthy. maybe just a little too much for you apparently. liberate!
this is beginning to sound a lot like those pop punk fans that get their panties in a bunch when their precious band is trashed. boo hoo. it's a review. it's an opinion. calling someone an idiot and a fag for writing a "poor" review is pretty tasteless.
