Dorks And Losers

At last, there is an album that isn’t new wave or pop punk, but stripped down rock. Only artists and bands with much more expe­ri­ence can deliver music with such con­sis­tency. The Stan­dard shows how much they have grown to be able to per­form with a clear focus on what they want to say and how they want to say it.

“Uni­corns and Chem­i­cals” is very down to heart with the right touches of sweet vocals, unde­mand­ing piano keys and rich moments of silence. Post Wire To Wire might just very well be that rare album that does almost every­thing right, and is just good. Every instru­ment com­pli­ments each other. “Even Num­bers” mixes the piano and drums just right to cre­ate the most seduc­tive hymn.

“Ghosts for Hire” bumps it up a notch to include a faster tempo and stream­lined beats. Too bad there aren’t more songs like “Ghosts for Hire” because much of the album is heavy­hearted. It isn’t bad thing because lis­ten­ing to the entire album makes me speech­less. What The Stan­dard proves with Post Wire To Wire is that the band is good. It is con­sis­tent, but what I want is for the band to be var­ied. I want elec­tric gui­tars and drum­beats that will make me deaf. With the open­ing track “Met­ro­pol­i­tan” and “Ghosts for Hire” I know the band is capa­ble of it, I just want more of it. Or maybe I just want more of The Standard.

[photo via Touch And Go Records]
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Track list:

1. Met­ro­pol­i­tan
2. Even Num­bers
3. Ghosts For Hire
4. Run­way Week
5. Folk Song
6. Uni­corns And Chem­i­cals
7. Monks In New Jer­sey
8. A Black Machine
9. Jumprope In Hell

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