The latest release from Toronto’s Modernboys Moderngirls features simple riffs and repetitive lyrics, the perfect combination to make a song stick in your head for days. I didn’t think much of the first two songs; too annoyingly ‘’boy trying to get the girl’’ for me. But once you get what the album is all about (making you dance and stop thinking), you start clapping your hands and busting some questionable dance moves. Happily Unsteady stands out as the most refined song of the bunch. Modernboys Moderngirls’ music is not unlike Britain’s generic pop-rock bands (Arctic Monkeys and the likes) but the trio does it with a touch of Talking Heads, a little vavavoom. Although it’s nearly impossible to even come close to Talking Heads genius, I Might As Well Break It is a fun album that will certainly suit your afternoon cleaning chores and pre-party drinking.
Modernboys Moderngirls are geniuses when it comes to live shows and while the album isn’t quite as polished as their dance moves, they deserve serious attention. Catch them live tomorrow in Peterborough or on Saturday in Ottawa. Details on their myspace page.
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