Metro Station's Self-Titled Debut

Is it rock? Is it techno? Is it pop? In truth, it's a little of all three. The sound of Metro Station’s self-titled album is more pop and techno than anything else, but there’s a certain rock vibe that leaks into it as well. Wikipedia calls it ‘synthpop’ and ‘electropop’. Those are accurate descriptions, I suppose, but neither of those implies that rock vibe I mentioned. Metro Station truly has a unique sound.

They aren’t what I liked to call a ‘two-hit-wonder’. They aren’t one of those bands that has a couple good songs, then you buy their album and find out those were the only good songs on said album. The big-seller according to iTunes is Shake It. Personally, I’d rank this song about my sixth favorite out of the total ten songs.

The first song, Seventeen Forever is probably the best song to sum up the sound and talents of Metro Station. It shows both Mason Musso and Trace Cyrus’s vocals off very well. It has the upbeat tempo that’s carried throughout the entire album and most of all, it’s catchy.

Control is my personal favorite. I think it’s probably the most electric/techno song on the album and is, in my opinion, the best to dance to.

Kelsey is just an incredibly cute, poppy love song. ‘Nuff said.

Shake It is up next and as I’ve said before, it’s not really the best. Don’t get me wrong, it’s certainly worthy of popularity... it’s just that there are other songs on this album more worthy.

Wish We Were Older is the fifth track and is probably my least favorite. Taken away from the album as a whole, it’s still a great song. But stuck in the middle of a great album, it’s just a little disappointing because there isn’t really anything special about it.

The sixth song on the album is my second favorite. To someone else (or my first impression) there isn’t really anything special about Now That We’re Done. I can relate to these lyrics the most of any other songs on the album. “Now that we’re done, I’m so sorry. Why did I lie? I’m so sorry. I know I hurt you. I know I hurt you.”

True To Me is like Wish We Were Older. If it were a song by itself, it would be awesome. But because there are other outstanding songs on the album, it may seem a bit dull.

Tell Me What To Do is a little simpler than the other songs. It’s by no means slower... the tempo is still the same, but you can hear the catchy bass lines that seem to keep the music nice and simple.

California is a great driving song. Not only is it about driving, but it’s fun to sing along to as well. The beat is fairly simple like the song before it, but it’s a lot more pop and electric than bass.

The tenth and final track, Disco is a great close to the album. Like Seventeen Forever, it kind of sums up the album as a whole as far as music goes.

Something I noticed listening to this album for days on loop is that it’s kind of repetitive. The choruses usually include the same lyric twice, or in the case of Shake It, the same word twenty-five times. This could be found as annoying I think, but that’s just a warning. I don’t personally find anything about this album annoying. In fact, the only other negative is that it’s only ten songs long! Metro Station leaves you anxiously waiting for more. Get your original band tees now, I predict this band is gonna get big!