A REBELLIOUS GANG DRESSED IN NASCAR OUTFITS, THIS IS HOW MCR PRESENTED THEMSELVES IN THIS NEW ERA "DANGER DAYS" WHICH IS A HUGE DEPARTURE FROM THEIR "THE BLACK PARADE" CONCEPT. THEY COULDVE EASILY GOT SMASH #2 WITH MAKING A TBP #2, BUT THE BAND CHOSE TO LEAVE THEIR THEATRICAL EMO-QUEEN SOUND BEHIND FOR A MORE FUN MODERN-AGE ROCK SOUND WITH HINTS OF 80'S AND 90'S POP-EFFECTS AND SYNTHS.
THE ALBUM KICKS OFF WITH A BLABBERING RETARDED DJ WHICH LEADS TO THE START OF "NA NA NA," THEIR FIRST SINGLE. THIS ENERGY-BOOSTING TRACK BASICALLY SETS THE MOOD FOR THE WHOLE ALBUM. I'M NOT GETTING THE BIG HYPE ABOUT THE SECOND SINGLE "SING" THOUGH, I FIND THIS SONG A BIT FORGETTABLE. THERE ARE SEVERAL GREAT SONGS LIKE "BULLETPROOF HEART" AND THE EPIC "S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W" WHICH FOR ME IS THEIR VERSION OF "SLEEP" FROM TBP. SCARECROW REPRESENT OUR INNER FEARS AND PERSONAL STRUGGLES, WHICH WE TEND TO THINK ABOUT MORE DURING THE NIGHT AND BEFORE WE SLEEP. "Move your body when the sunlight dies, everybody hide your body from the scarecrow, everybody hide... I'll keep you safe tonight..." ARE THE LINES THAT DEFINE THE MEANING OF THE SONG. "THE ONLY HOPE FOR ME IS YOU" AND "SUMMERTIME" ARE GOOD TRACKS AS WELL THAT BALANCE OUT THE SENSELESS NOISE THAT "DESTROYA" MAKES.
70-66/Album #4: Pretty, pretty good, even if I'm completely indifferent to Boys Like Girls. And I can't really disagree with your report on Recovery.
65-61/Album #3: I don't have anything particularly wrong with this set, actually. It's just solid. As for the album, yeah, it's great, but "Vampire Money" would be a failure if it WASN'T senseless noise, considering who they're paying homage to with the song.