Evick
are a ‘melodic rock’ band from Virginia who sound almost exactly
like “She’s a little runaway-ayyy” era Bon Jovi. Same big-hearted
platitudes, same over-wrought sincerity, same sense of goofy optimism,
same musical components (lite-metal guitars, gooey power-pop choruses),
same willingness to shill for corporate interests (Google their name,
their website comes up as “Evick sponsored by Jagermeister”). The only
thing that’s missing is the hairspray. Well, the hair too, really. Now, all of this would seem utterly bitchin’ to a 16 year old hussy
with a ratted-out ‘do and an acid-washed denim miniskirt in 1985, but what
the hell can you possibly do with a band like Evick now? Well, I have two
words for you, brother: MILF hunting. Wait, I have another two: Midwestern
tour. Oh, and five more: Jagermeister makes anything sound good.
To be fair to Evick, these guys are actually really good at what they
do. This 5 song EP is chock-full of 20 years too late teenage party-hearty
anthems, bloozy bar-rockers, and maybe even a power-ballad or two, any of
which would probably work wonders if you were trying to fuck your
girlfriend’s mom. Barring that happy circumstance, however, this just
sounds really dated to me, and since I’m really dated myself, I oughta
know.