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This is yet another American pop/punk band in the vein of Blink 182 and Green Day, but the major difference is that American Hi-Fi sound fresh and exciting, unlike the by the numbers likes of Blink 182.
Flavor Of The Weak Starts off on a heavy guitar riff that could almost fool you into thinking you are listening to another nu-metal band, but this soon gives way to the sugar sweet pop rush of the vocals. This is the bands winning element, combining the staples of punk and metal and marrying it with 70’s AM rock radio sensibilities, and this all results in an extremely radio friendly pop song.
Also thrown into the mix is a blistering guitar solo and the master touch of rhyming “too stoned” with “Nintendo” is close to genius.
The main stream radio version of the track takes the song and adds even more catchy elements to it, like shimmering guitar riffs, which only add to the tracks radio friendly potential. The demo of Vertigo is another catchy punk/pop tune, this time with glam rock guitar stabs and drums, and shows that the band should be more than one hit wonders.
There’s a lot of this type of music around, but American Hi-Fi, sound like they are genuinely excited to be doing it and that goes a long way in today’s increasingly cynical musical climate. Flavor Of The Weak sounds great and literally jumps out of the speakers and grabs you around the neck with its catchy melodies and hooks.