Music
20 Feb 06

Make Her Cry

It’s called ‘Make Her Cry’! And it’s released on Valentine’s Day! That would have been a stroke of evil genius, if the full lyric hadn’t gone “Tell her it’s a lie before you make her cry”. While it’s not the cynical call-to-arms the jilted among us may have hoped for, the Dublin trio’s debut release on Vertigo is, most definitely, one hell of a choon. Its harmonies are imported fresh from California, while frontman Michael John’s vocal style is a more palatable version of the uniqueness that’s championed by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Power pop at its most delectable.

It’s called ‘Make Her Cry’! And it’s released on Valentine’s Day! That would have been a stroke of evil genius, if the full lyric hadn’t gone “Tell her it’s a lie before you make her cry”.
While it’s not the cynical call-to-arms the jilted among us may have hoped for, the Dublin trio’s debut release on Vertigo is, most definitely, one hell of a choon. Its harmonies are imported fresh from California, while frontman Michael John’s vocal style is a more palatable version of the uniqueness that’s championed by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Power pop at its most delectable.