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drew m | maryland United States | 07/20/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Listen to Monkey Kong, A's second release, and you'll become convinced that there really is a conspiracy by record companies to prevent good music from being popular. I mean, how was this album so completely ignored? Taken with the new (and outstanding) Hi Fi Serious, it becomes clear that not only is A the most criminally underrated band in rock, but that they're the best band in rock. Period. They're like the Foo Fighters without boring ballads. Or Blink-182 with chest hair. However you want to describe it, nobody today is making music this melodic, this downright ALIVE. Not the nu-metallers, not the rap-rockers, not the garage rockers. This is what the next step in rock should be - a orgiastic fusion of balls out rock and California pop. Listen to the title track while driving and you'll floor it. "Down on the Floor," "Miles Away," and bonus track "She Said" are all so good, you'll spend half your time wondering how this band was ignored by audiences, the media, everybody. Hi Fi Serious should change that, but if A doesn't end being global rock superstars, then the music industry is beyond salvation."