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Locksley
Don't Make Me Wait
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Don't Make Me Wait - Locksley, Kennedy
2. Let Me Know - Locksley, Kennedy
3. All Over Again - Locksley, Kennedy
4. All of the Time - Locksley, Laz-Hirsch
5. She Does - Locksley, Laz-Hirsch
6. Why Not Me - Locksley, Laz-Hirsch
7. My Kind of Lover - Locksley, Kennedy
8. The Past and the Present - Locksley, Laz-Hirsch
9. Into the Sun - Locksley, Collins
10. Up the Stairs - Locksley, Collins
11. It Won't Be for Long - Locksley, Laz-Hirsch
12. For You, Pt. 1 - Locksley, Kennedy
13. For You, Pt. 2 - Locksley, Kennedy

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CD Details

All Artists: Locksley
Title: Don't Make Me Wait
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 1
Label: Feature Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 1/9/2007
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 837101237055

Synopsis

Album Description

Timeless songs and a contagious youthful optimism are the foundations of Wisconsin raised, Brooklyn based, Locksley, who have achieved more as an unsigned band in the last year than most major label acts will in a career. This album received a 4/5 from Alternative Press in their December 2006 issue and led them to herald Locksley one of the best unsigned acts in the country. The band was honored as "one of the 25 best bands on MySpace" (out of 1700 nominated) by Rolling Stone and earlier the songs "She Does" and "Don't Make Me Wait" were licensed for two Payless Shoes national television spots. MTV quickly recognized the band's potential using Locksley's "Why Can't I Be You (Why Not Me)" as the theme for a new show on the network. The video for the song (funded by MTV, a first) beat out other major label artist's videos in MTVU's the Freshmen, based on fan votes, and was placed in rotation on MTV and MTVU, making Locksley the only unsigned band with this distinction. The band has completed two full US tours and one UK tour, playing with OkGo, We Are Scientists, The Dandy Warhols, and The Rapture along the way. The coming months will see an MTV exclusive digital release of the album featuring the band on the main page of MTV.com as well as increased Locksley appearances, opening for The Killers and The Rapture, performing on various late night shows, in an 8 page photo layout in ELLE magazine, and as a featured artist in SPIN.

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CD Reviews

The very rare perfect pop album.

Alex Nennig | New London, WI | 09/13/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a prefect pop album.

Its just great pop song after great pop song, all sounding like lost 60's classics.

Whats really amazing, though, is that Locksley manages to pull off a fantastic pop album without falling into ANY of the common trappings of modern music.

"Don't Make Me Wait" is not filled with hipster irony like the Strokes.

Its not detatched and insincere like Fountains of Wayne.

Its not incredibly derivative like Oasis.

Its not dull and lifeless and generic like much of Weezer.

It doesn't come off as processed or manufactured like the Click Five.

While it does adhere closely to the pop and rock of the 60's, its not nostalgic or cutesy.

Its a perfectly balanced, perfectly executed pop album.

I keep looking for flaws but there are none. Some might consider it a little on the short side (about 35 minutes), but all the early Beatles LPs were right around the same length, some even shorter. Every song has at least one great hook, none of which are so immediate that they become annoying. The album coheres as a whole, but the songs are individually different enough from each other so they don't all sound the same. You can trace obvious influences of other bands in the music, but none of the songs sound like rip offs.

And the whole thing just gets better and stronger with repeated listens.

Its everything a pop album should be. If Locksley had put this out in 1965, teenage girls would be screaming their heads off at every concert, just like they did for the Beatles.

Thats how good this album is.

Its quite possibly the best pop album I've ever heard. Seriously."

Like a greatest hits!

Recks | Waukesha, WI | 02/02/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've been fortunate to catch Lockley's live act a couple of times. Hard to believe that these guys are unsigned, as they're light years ahead of others.

This CD epitomizes what makes them great! It plays like a greatest hits, and leaves the listener wanting to hear more. I suspect it won't be long before Locksley tops the charts."

These guys rock!

Craig T. Slager | Stoughton, Wisconsin USA | 01/24/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I may start my own label to sign these guys and cash in."