Plain White T's-Every Second Counts

Record Label: Hollywood Records

Year: 2007
Track Listing:

01. Our Time Now
02. Come Back To Me
03. Hate (I Don’t Really Like you)
04. You And Me
05. Friends Don’t Let Friends Dial Drunk
06. Making A Memory
07. So Damn Clever
08. Tearin’ Us Apart
09. Write You A Song
10. Gimme A Chance
11. Figure It Out
12. Let Me Take You There
13. Hey There Delilah
14. Take Me away

The Plain White T’s were finally given the much-needed exposure that they deserved when they came under the scope of MTV with their hit singles “Hate” and “Hey there Delilah”.

Many new fans of The Plain White T’s will assume that this is their first album, but it is actually the Illinois quintet’s forth album.Re-released this year, this Australian version has two extra tracks, including the hit single “Hey There Delilah” and “Take Me Away”.

The Plain White T’s have a boundless energy, that is infused into their music, resulting in upbeats songs that reflecting the growing punk-pop genre, as opposed to the dreaded Emo.You can feel it with the first track “Our Time Now”, which has an almost anthem-style chorus.

They’re never going to win awards for the greatest song lyrics (see ‘Friends don’t let friends dial drunk’), however, that doesn’t mean that they’re not appealing.Songs such as “So damn clever”, “Gimme a chance”, and “Figure it out” embrace power pop and provides gentle guitar melodies mixed with power chords, and the vocals of lead singer Tom Higgenson.

There’s almost a heart-felt honesty about “Write you a song” that can make one almost believe that it will be the next single.

It’s not that different from the ballad style of “Hey there Delilah”Kudos also go to the rollicking “Figure you out”, which has pounding basslines that lead you into some impressive guitar riffs.

In the past, The Plain White’s have not been main-stream enough to be played on the radio, but with two hit singles, times have obviously changed and the band have found their niche market.

An impressive album by Illinois Quintet, and I can’t wait to see what they can do next. However, in saying this, I can’t see them setting the world ablaze, but they won’t disappear back into obscurity either.

Tracks not to miss: “Our time now”, “Friends don’t let friends dial drunk”, “So damn clever”, and “Hey there Delilah”.

I give the album HHHH

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