Britney's Krack - EP @ Score! Music Magazine

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	Location	Oh Canada!
	Initial Impression	Oh Jesus, do they have to have a picture of a g-string clad, skank woman's ass up in the air on every piece of material? (Kimmie's attempting not to be ultra-feminist but is a little fed up with the T&A overkill in media lately. Try using an overweight woman, or a dog butt, hey, it's just suggestions!)
Notable Lyric	The band covers "crap 90's pop songs and make them sound good." (In other words, you should already know all the lyrics.)
Factoid	They claimed their coverletter and accompanying CD was a "cheap ploy at trying to get some promotion, recognition...anything". I thought that was pretty cute. Maybe not an interesting factoid, but cute none the less.
Serve With	A classy picture of a scantily clad woman. Talk to Sergio, he'll hook you up (if you don't know him, inquire within).
Comments	I was having a conversation with my friend Marsh today. We were discussing the fizzle-factor of pop-punk and this disc in particular. I felt that the song choice was pretty fun, which was the only reason I chose to review the CD to begin with. I honestly almost didn't get past the slutty chick cartoons (as all the guys run over to check out the website... you're all shameless!) But again, the track list was enough to intrigue me. Something about hearing "One More Time", "Larger Than Life", "Kids In America" and "Careless Whisper" pop-punk style lured me in. Even though I do believe this genre is a dying breed, I thought it might be a hoot. (Though for the record I think their decision to remake The Crash Test Dummies "Superman's Song" borders on blasphemy - ridicule me if you must). So I flip the CD into the player and start to tell Marsh about what I'm hearing. I pretty much wrote my review of this CD in a short paragraph to him on IM "Keep your power sound... keep the tough rock, but do something about your damned off key angry vocals... ack." I know this is a trademark of the genre, but this gave me a flash of what my little brother would sound like at Thursday night karaoke! This is constructive criticism I'm offering here, so take it for what it's worth, but I suggest tightening up those vocals, work on some of the harmony and focus on the rock. Or hell, even go the other way and make it old school punk, and this stuff could be really great! Beyond that I think their personality (minus the chick asses) is muy entertaining and I'm pretty sure they'd shine brighter live. And heck they'd probably be a hell of a lot of fun to hang with. While they admit that they're not in this to be rock stars, and that it's about "self mockery", a quick visit to their website shows that they know how to party like rockers and drink as much as the Sirens, so you have to give them points for that!
URL	www.britneyskrack.com
Reviewer	Kimmie (10/03)