Pictured: I Might Be Wrong making a big-ass German mess of things.
I Might Be Wrong sort of sounds like Pinback, if the members of Pinback consisted of people that your little sister hung out with. Oh, and that those said friends were also German. Oi vey.
Like the last Metric album, there are some really great moments on this album, and then there are a few (very few to be sure) moments where you have to grit your teeth and bare some sugary pop lyrics/melodies. It’s OK. Mainly because unlike, say, Ashley Simpson or Simple Plan, you feel like these guys are coming from a fairly genuine place. I picked the two best tracks to give you a feel for where I’m/they’re coming from.
“She Knits Lakes” sounds like an outtake from the last Halloween Alaska Album. The Drums and Bass have a subdued energy that effortlessly takes control and drives the song. Unfortunately, the vocals sometimes seem hastily put together and half-thought out. Usually it isn’t enough to take you out of the song, but it was bad enough for me to mention. Look out for the amazingness at 2:23.
I Might Be Wrong - She Knits Lakes
“We Don’t Wear Colours” starts out with an extremely Pinbackian drum/guitar riff and goes through a series of catchy-as-hell-verse-chorus-nonsense. repeat repeat repeat.
In the end - although I’m not always into the vocals - I Might Be Wrong puts together a pretty cohesive album. Sure it might not hold up on repeated listens, but who’s to say it won’t? If anything, get this album for your little sister, cousin, or overcompensating guidance counselor. Its hip enough to care, not enough to be dangerous.
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