Volvo Driving Soccer Mom [CD-single] [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Details
First Single from their 2003 'slow Motion Daydream' Full Length.

Tracks:

Volvo Driving Soccer Mom
Your New Disease
Happy

Album Description

The first single off the alternative rocker's 2003 release, 'Slow Motion Daydream', the title track is backed with two non-album tracks 'Your New Disease' & 'Happy'. Capitol.

Album Details

American Power Trio Return with the First Single from their 2003 Album 'slow Motion Daydream'.

Customer Reviews:

Great song.......2003-08-01

When a friend of mine MADE me listen to Volvo Driving Soccer Mom, I was blown away. I ran out and bought the CD emidiatly. This is just an awesome with somewhat questionable lyrical content. It's awesome. Listen to it!

Awesome b-sides!.......2003-05-24

This is Everclear's best CD single in a long time! The title song "Volvo Driving Soccer Mom" is ok. I'm sure you've heard it. It's a pop-punk song with humorous lyrics and an extremely catchy melody. Although it's a decent song, the rest of the Slow Motion Daydream album is a much better.

"Your New Disease" is better than half the tracks on the Slow Motion Daydream album. This song is good enough to be a huge hit single. It recalls the sound of 1995's "You Make Me Feel Like a Whore" from Sparkle and Fade. The production is simple and clean. It's not to messy like Afterglow or Learning How to Smile. It's a song about an ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend and the frustration, but also acceptance that goes along with it all. Great rock song! This song beats pretty much anything from the Vol. 2 Good Time for a Bad Attitude CD. That's either how bad Vol. 2 is or how good this B-side is. I guess it's both...

"Happy" sounds like something left over from the Learning How to Smile era. That's not to say it's a pop song - it's not, it's a rock song. But the sound is muddy due to too many sounds. The drums sound tame, like they did in some of the Afterglow songs and LHTS songs. But the song itself is great. It features a guitar lick that brings back memories of "Local God" or "Electra Made Me Blind." The song is about people who are told and feel that nothing is ever good enough. The narrator then advises that nothing is actually good enough. Clever.

So 1 decent LP track and 2 great b-sides make up a great single. 5 stars because the b-sides are solid enough songs to make the album. The only reason they were left out is because they didn't fit the album's mood and themes. That was the band's decision and it's a good one. Everclear is a band that makes a good album, not just a collection of songs. If you're a fan with all of the Everclear albums only, these songs are good enough and deserve to be in your collection. If you're a fan with all of the albums and a few imports, this is one you should definitely buy.

Volvo Driving Soccer Mom.......2003-03-02