As I mentioned here I picked up the Rock Kills Kid debut album Are You Nervous? That was Thursday, I have been listening to it non-stop all the way till, well right now Monday morning. I had no idea that buying this album would easily be thrown into my top 10 this year. There isn’t a song on the album that doesn’t grab my attention and make me want to listen. The first two tracks on the album, “Paralyzed” and “Hideaway” are by far their most popular songs - super catchy - but what of the rest of the album? Every track is unique with Jeff Tuckers amazing vocals. I read awhile back in some magazine how he used to live wherever he could find a place to sleep and just write songs. The article mentioned he had somewhere around 100 stacked up before RKK. I was then talking to a guy at Amoeba who was asking me how it sounds - I told him pop rock, real catchy; yet I would have to add after listening to the whole album melodic and introspective. Amoeba dude was also telling me how Jeff used to sleep on couchs all over and how the name of his band was to be “Jeff Tucker quartet” or something. I don’t quite remember… dang.

My favorite tracks on the album are “Back To Life,” “Don’t Want To Stay,” “Hope Song,” and the singles that I mentioned before. Their sound isn’t just Alternative or Rock, but they throw in a bit of Electronica to get you dancing. Honestly, I think Rock Kills Kid has the potential to be big, like The Killers big. That may be a crazy thing to say to some of you, but I think it could happen. I highly recommend this album if you like Phoenix, The Killers, Maximo Park, The Rakes, well, I really just say you should buy this album.

Rock Kills Kid: Myspace | Official Website

MP3’s : go to this post.