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Family life: Music

By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
Published: 11/23/2009 2:19 AM
Last Modified: 11/23/2009 11:21 AM

It's Soup: and, sadly, it's lacking salt

Bowling for Soup's newest studio release, "Sorry for Partyin'" is rollicking, snarky, spit-on-the sidewalk-and-watch-it-sizzle-in-the-summer-sun rock 'n' roll. Bright guitar riffs cascade over swimming-pool-cool basslines and Converse-stomping drum breaks.

Within, double entendre and ridicule try to pass as irony, but BFS lacks the intelligence to pull it off.

It's chock-full of pop-culture references: the Jonas Brothers, dance remixes, English-only conundrums, heterosexual love and BFFs. Oh, and toilet and plastic surgery humor. Some bands pull this off better than others. Believe it or not, Sugar Ray can do it. Weezer is king. Fountains of Wayne did it with its hit "Stacy's Mom."

"Sorry for Partyin'" is polished, it's clean and it's well-produced. But, it's too obvious.

The vocals don't waver and there's a synthetic sheen to the record that seems to rub off on your fingers while skipping though the tracks.

Yeah, BFS is campy, immature and sometimes funny. It's good for what it is — wisenheimer pop-rock.

But it's been done better before, especially by BFS.

SORRY FOR PARTYIN'

Artist: Bowling for Soup

Available at: online and retail outlets

Released: Oct. 13 on Jive Records

Rating: 80 (of 100)

Download: “A Really Cool Dance Song,” “I Can’t Stand L.A.,” “BFFF”

By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer

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