Vices I Admire
Found these guys on MySpace (of course) after receiving an email from what I can only assume was a very enthusiastic fan…if not the president of their fanclub. “These guys are the best freaking punk band in Denver!” “They WILL be signed to a major label soon!” “Have what it takes, man!” Those are just a few of the quotes taken from Madeline’s email.
So, anyway, I had also seen their ads and bulletins on the aforementioned MySpace but had never really taken the time to listen so…why not?
First of all, I have to say that I found NO “punk” at all on any of the four songs available on their page. The band also bill themselves as “rock/alternative/hardcore” but, truth be told, they should be classified under “skinny pants rock”, which would be more fitting to their sound. Let’s just say that these guys would probably go over well at The Marquis…as well as at a Fall Out Boy show. Looking over their MySpace page it seems that they played on this year’s Denver Warped Tour stop (On the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands Stage) and that, too, is fitting…since Warped these days has more to do with marketing and merchandising than true punk rock.
But don’t get me wrong. Vices I Admire do what they do very well (the song “By the Way” is pretty rockin’) and I wouldn’t be surprised if they did get some sort of record deal out of their efforts. But I’d have to warn the boys not to quit their day jobs just yet. Maybe when the deal comes just take a leave of absence from work…’cause chances are they’ll be right back there soon enough. Just the hard facts of life, fellas. Best of luck, though.
