Charlie Parkers, The - Falling for You (EP)
Ok, so you’re 17 and you’re cruising around town in your Datsun 180b. You are going to a milk bar or something. Don’t argue. You fumble around in your glove box for your 28 Days greatest hits but instead you find yourself holding your copy of Falling for you, the four track EP from The Charlie Parkers, four lads hailing from the Gold Coast.
‘Hmmm,’ you think to yourself, ‘This isn’t too bad. You remind yourself you don’t mind the first track, with its pop/punk sensibilities and its catchy vocal and guitar hooks. In fact you think it’s verging on good, albeit a little throwaway. ‘Yes,’ you think to yourself, ‘this reminds me of Bodyjar….and they are grouse. Hmmm, I wonder if Bodyjar are still around?’ You think to yourself as you nibble on some nachos.
You then think about how track two is even catchier then track one, and you smile when you remember how you raised your fist in teenage defiance when the angst laden chorus kicked in and you think to yourself ‘This song would be so filth live….I love the feel the minor chords give to the chorus! Ok, so it reminds me a bit of Shihad but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, is it?’
A trace of a frown adorns your face and you let out a little sigh when you think of the third track. Sure, it’s, um, nice, but you’re thinking it seems like a bit of a token acoustic song… and it bores you a little. ‘What happened to the edge from the last track? BRING BACK THE ANGRY! And why do I talk to myself? you despair. Although, to be fair, the token acoustic song did win the band JJJ’s Unearthed and has been used on Home and Away, so some people must really like it. ‘Home and Away has no street cred!’ you yell to no-one. ‘If it was on Neighbours on the other hand….’
The only thing you can remember about the fourth track is it has some Mike Patton-esque vocals and that you always skip it.
You ponder to yourself ‘If this is just a taster to their album Unwrap the Plastic that is due in mid 2007, then there could well be one or two radio friendly anthems on their album and I can pump my fist along with it!’ And this excites you moderately.
‘Yes,’ you muse to yourself, ‘these boys know how to put together half decent pop/punk tunes….and that makes me feel like popping a mad kickflip on my deck.’
