Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!

Mylo for idiots, basically.

Album Review by Neil Ferguson | 11 May 2007
Label: Drive-Thru
Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! may just be the most awesome album title ever, but sadly, that's about as good as Hellogoodbye get. Fun, simple dance music, with massive whacks of popcore, it's on a par with a ten-minute piss about on Fruity Loops or the soundtrack to a late-80s Nintendo game. It bops along cheerily enough for about half an hour, taking the time to give nods to The Faint, Erasure, Apoptygma Berzerk and just about anyone else that's ever gone near the synth-pop sound. Throwing in a little super-melodic power pop, here and there, just to remind everyone that this is a Drive-Thru release after all, it's an album filled with undemanding, superficial sounds. An album that never bothers to pretend that it has anything deeper to say. It's Mylo for idiots, basically. Harmless, inoffensive and convivial, it would be easier to hate if it wasn't so damn catchy. [Neil Ferguson]
Release Date: Out now. http://www.hellogoodbye.com