Something Corporate

Leaving Through the Window

MCA Records

It’s not everyday that a record can be described as beautiful, but no other word so succinctly captures the major-label debut of Something Corporate. Having quickly risen through the ranks at the pop-punk guru Drive-Thru Records, Something Corporate is ready to make a national splash and with Leaving Through the Window, there couldn’t be a better album with which to attempt it.

Leaving Through the Window has the genuine emotion of emo and the catchy hooks of pop-punk, yet doesn’t fall into either of those genres. Rather, it’s like Ben Folds meets the Counting Crows with a healthy dose of punk rock energy tossed in to spice things up. With piano on every song and string arrangements on a handful of tracks, the music is fuller and yet soft and sensitive.

Two of the best songs “Punk Rock Princess” and “Hurricane” are re-recorded tracks from the band’s previous EP Audioboxer. But brand new tracks like “I Want to Save You,” “I Woke Up In a Car” and “Straw Dog” are simply amazing; heartfelt songs expressed through the vehicle of rock and roll–kind of like Jimmy Eat World, but a step better. The album’s first single “If You C Jordan” is already making waves on select radio stations, but once the nation catches wind of the rest of the album, success is imminent. Drive-Thru Records has a knack for signing some of the best talent around, and Something Corporate’s transfer over to the big brother label MCA demonstrates the band’s potential. They have really got something special with Leaving Through the Window; it’s the best album I’ve heard all year.

Leah Weinberg

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