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    FM Static

    What Are You Waiting For?

    (2003)

    Reviewed by Len Nash

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    Label Tooth & Nail RecordsThe Phantom Tollbooth2003
    modern rockpop punkpop rockpunk

    No, this isn't a bunch of white noise you would usually hear on those far off, dead, lifeless FM stations. FM Static is a band that is full of energy with really upbeat pop music that has a punk rock drawl. Coming from Trevor McNevan and Steve Augustine, two of the members of Thousand Foot Krutch, this new "project" is different from TFK--it sounds like Good Charlotte and Relient K mixed with distinctive vocals. Lyrically, this CD talks about teenage love and loss mixed with some desperate pleas to God.

    For fans of really poppy punk rock and the current repertoire that is king at Tooth and Nail.

    4 tocks

    Other coverage for this album

    Decapolis August 2003Reviewed by Luke HarlowFM Static are a four-piece pop-rock band from Toronto. This is their first record for Tooth and Nail. "What Are You Waiting For?" is quite possibly the most radio friendly album released on the Tooth and Nail label to date. Slickly produced (by Aaron Sprinkle) and hook-laden, "WAYWF" sounds like a cross between Matchbox 20 and Simple Plan (leaning heavily toward Matchbox 20). As with those bands,…

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