Care Bears on Fire - Get Over It!

Artist:

Care Bears on Fire

UPC:

807315800123

Description:

Audio Mixers: Tim O`Heir; Sean Gould.
Recording information: Golden Ear Studios, New York, NY; Looking Glass Studios, New York, NY; MetroSonic Recording Studios, Brooklyn, NY; Mission Sound Recording, Brooklyn, NY; Mojo Music, New York, NY; Threshold Music, New York, NY.
Photographer: Riker Brothers.
Officially teenagers at this point in their career (four years and going strong), the cuties of Care Bears on Fire get poppy with their follow-up to 2007`s I Stole Your Animal. Now a complete girl group, with the departure of Lucio and the initiation of Jena, they`ve moved in a mall-punk direction -- more in the style of Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, or the type of rock you might hear on Radio Disney than the classic punk groups you might see on their T-shirts. To be honest, they were never really that true to the `70s sound to begin with, but what do you expect? They`re kids! It`s hard to imagine any little girls actually getting excited by the bands their parents saw in the olden days. Instead, they should be pointing out the lame-itude of their parents, or engaging in typical lunchroom gossip: boys they like, girls they don`t like, fashion, homework, and that sort of thing. Sophie, Jena, and Izzy tackle these types of schoolyard topics throughout Get Over It!, and while the music doesn`t show any Patti Smith or Ramones influence, the girls do manage to channel the punk spirit of yesteryear with bratty adolescent rebelliousness. Sugary, high-pitched vocals, tight harmonies (think Puffy AmiYumi), and simple bar-chord progressions fuel the fire, as the trio plows through relentlessly repetitious hooks like, "You should just get over it," "You can`t make me," "I know you don`t care what I say/Better listen anyway," and "Don`t wanna follow rules, gonna do it my way!" The tunes are super catchy, to the point of being unshakable (good luck getting the "Nananananananana, don`t wanna be like everybody else" chorus of "Everybody Else" out of your head), but the tracks that really stand out are the ones that break away from bratty exclamations and explore the true issues of being a teenage girl. "Barbie Eat a Sandwich" questions beauty standards, "My Problems" is a battle with adolescent insecurities, and "Met You on MySpace" points out the dangers of cyber-stalkers on social networks. It`s family-friendly punk-pop for ages eight and up. The messages are clean and wholesome enough to be grown-up approved, and the songs are by and for kids, so kids should be able to relate. ~ Jason Lymangrover

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Pleaser
2. Superteen
3. Everybody Else
4. Barbie Eat a Sandwich
5. My Problems
6. Heart`s Not There
7. Gym Class Haze
8. Boy Song #1
9. Get Over It
10. Violet
11. Met You on MySpace
12. You Can`t Make Me
13. Only Know by Name
14. Song About You

Album Information

Release Date:

06/30/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Label:

S-Curve (USA)

Producer:

S*A*M & Sluggo; Sheldon Steiger; Mike Mangini; Stephen Lironi; Steve Greenberg; Tim O`Heir; Mike Mangini; Sluggo; Steve Greenberg

Catalog Number:

580012

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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