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RS: 2of 5 Stars

2003

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Before Rooney became the handle of an L.A. pop-rock band, it was the name of the perpetually red-faced principal from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Rooney frontman Robert Carmine will blush someday, too, when he listens to his band's debut album and hears how cloningly close his melodies and delivery resemble those of Weezer. But whereas Rivers Cuomo's misanthropic undercurrent was compelling (for a while, anyway), Carmine comes off as seamlessly well-adjusted. "I'm unbreakable/There's no need for fragile stickers," he sings on "Daisy Duke." The band's performances are utterly competent yet numbingly risk-free. Surprise points must be awarded for "Shakin', " which shamelessly lifts its stuttering chorus from Eddie Money's 1983 hit of the same name. 1983? Most of Rooney were still in diapers then. They may yet mature.

PETER RELIC
(From RS 923, May 29, 2003)



(Posted: May 6, 2003)

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