What are people saying about the Unlovables?

An awesome blast of female vocal pop-punk! From the folks who brought us The Ergs, this moves me the way The Muffs, Discount, and Fifth Hour Hero moved me on first listen. A breath of fresh air from all the veteran guy pop punk bands. The song “"Feelin’ All Emo Since I Broke Up With You" is truly awesome. One of the year’s best full-lengths for sure!

You say there are no good pop-punk bands? Suck it, Sam! The Unlovables play pop-punk the way Scott Rolen plays third base: unfuckingbelievably well! Every song on this album is insanely catchy, super-peppy, and sweet as a Slurpee. Hallie Bullit possesses not only the natural ability to write perfect pop songs but also a dynamite voice that’s by turns cute, spunky, vulnerable, pretty, sassy, saccharine, dorky, and exuberant---all in a good way! Even when she’s singing about gut-wrenching heartache, she exudes a sunny positive energy and pure likeability that are rare in this age of generic sound-alike singers. Musically, she and her band mates crank it with relentless joie de vivre, firing out sugary, energetic, feelgood pop-punk that hits the spot like a cold sip of Coca-Cola on a sweltering August day. Propelled by Christian Stefos’ tasty guitar leads, Hallie’s chunky bass lines, and Mikey Erg’s frenzied drumming, the band’s punchy attack wraps plenty of crunch around these songs’ soft, chewy middle. And once you throw in those gooey, heaven-sent, piled-high harmonies... Forget about it! This is pop bliss personified, brother: hooks galore, melodies extraordinaire, crisp production, and harmonies TO DIE FOR!!! I could listen to this album 15 times in a row; and tonight, I just might.

Here’s a contender for my top 10 list for this year... hell, it’s a contender for number one on the list. Fantastic pop punk, with all the hooks and crunchy guitars that make for a perfect disc, with a sound much like bands on the Crackle label out of England. This is a concept album; following a relationship from tingly longing beginnings to first kiss to bitter end. Even though it’s a pop punk record and you’d think it might fall into the trap of a one note effort that follows convention, that is far from the case. As the songs move through the different levels of the relationship, they change in speed, tone and maintain the proper emotional level for the subject matter lyrically; effervescence and excitement in the beginning, exuberance in the middle, and anger and resignation at the end. But it’s all done over some great pop melody and it is sure to be one of my favorite discs of this year.

If there was ever a band to whom the oft banded about phrase "putting the POP back in pop-punk" applied it would be The Unlovables. Crush, Boyfriend, Heartbreak is so loaded with sticky sweet pop songs and harmonies that you'll probably devlelop a bad case of diabetes before the album's over. Lead by the duel vocals of bassist Hallie Bullit ( who's responsible for some of the best couplets I've heard in a long time: "do you know how rad today is / it's super -rad times infinity" from Today's the Day, "we're both so busy we work so hard / and I never see you / it's totally retarded" from Vacation and "I'm so lonely so minunderstood / no one can relate - no wait the Get Up Kids could" from Feelin' All Emo) and Chelsea Lacatena and driven by the sonic guitar dogpile of Frank Leone and Christian Stefos and the solid backbeat of Nj's uber-drummer Mikey Erg - Crush... is the audio equivalent of riding the Tilt - a- Whirl whilst downing a whole tub of cake frosting. When it's all over you're dizzy, a little queasy but you've definitley had one of the best times of your life.

Three cheers for catchy, earnest, "super-rad times infinity" love. The Unlovables’ debut album Crush´Boyfriend´Heartbreak follows the titular three stages of a relationship with such a great sense of honesty and humor that by the time it’s over, you can’t help but want them back... For any girl who loves a boy and is tickled by allusions to Weezer’s "Blue Album" and the Cartoon Network, Crush´Boyfriend´Heartbreak is nothing short of clairvoyant. When Hallie Bullit sings about the magic of that first kiss or cruising in her mom’s Accord, it makes me feel like she’s been reading my Lisa Simpson diary. But no! Apparently these situations are universal, and The Unlovables have a knack for spot-on pop culture references.

The lyrics reflect realistic circumstances ("We’re both so busy, we work so hard and / I never see you, it’s totally retarded") and inevitable disappointment ("I’ve heard it said two people in love should never go to bed mad / but they never said nothin’ bout going to bed feeling devastated and sad"). The album goes through the phases of wanting, having and losing, and consequently contains songs to fit moods of desire, exuberance and total despair. The snidely titled “Feelin’ All Emo (Since I Broke Up With You)” is sung from the perspective of a girl so down in the dumps she can’t listen to her usual favorite albums: "I’m so lonely, so misunderstood / No one can relate -- no wait, the Get Up Kids could!" However, this band does not switch to automatic ballad mode as soon as the tears start flowing, opting instead to keep the pop punk pep cranked up high throughout the ordeal. It’s only a shame the CD ends with "Inconsolable." Cause The Unlovables are just so likable that you really hope things will work out.

Collectively, the Unlovables are the most upbeat group of people in history. You may think you’ve got good credentials as an optimist, but one listen to the good-time feelings radiated by Crush*Boyfriend*Heartbreak and you’ll realize you’ve got some work to do. Even when they’re singing about heartbreak, the Unlovables give the sense that tomorrow’s going to be a better day (all of which is sufficiently tempered by experience so that they never come across as naive). They’re so good that I can overlook their endorsement of the Yankees ("If You Were Here") and emo rock (Feelin’ All Emo (Since I Broke Up With You)), and that’s saying a lot!

Out now on New York's Whoa Oh Records is the first album by The Unlovables. These guys and girls do pop-punk so well, I will not be surprised when they sell more records than Avril or Yellowcard (whoever they are), and people realize that really good pop-punk comes from the same place it has always come from. The streets.

The kids in this band, including singer Hallie and guitarist Frank, have been on the scene for quite a while, and this, their first product, just shows how much they really care about their craft.

Oh, and let's not forget to mention Whoa Oh Records. Put together by a guy named "Jonnie Whoa Oh." If you are old enough to remember the heyday of Lookout! Records and Mutant Pop, then you'll get what Jonnie's trying to do: Put out the best music he can find. And he's doing a damn good job at it.

Insanely catchy pop-punk that'll slap a smile on your face. Super cutesy female vox sing songs about love and love lost (mostly love lost), that'll warm your heart while you bounce around. They remind me of the Eyeliners, but more Go-Gos girlish. The Unlovables are without a doubt one of the best new pop-punk bands around. Just check out these lyrics: "I'm a pop-punk girl / I like sunny days / Stupid jokes and a good Ramones song..." I want to marry this entire band, including the prerequisite male drummer.

It's getting to the point where I know I've got to make a conscious effort not to listen to this CD any more, at least not for a few days. At first, I thought, what harm would come of me listening to it twice in a row? .... The lyrics are catchy and you can't help but tap your toe a bit in time with the music, bop your head, maybe shimmy and jiggle your shoulders a little. You start listening to the album at least once every day. Pretty soon, at random moments you find yourself absentmindedly humming a little tune, singing a couple of lyrics. In no time, you're waking up with an Unlovables song in your head, every morning, seven days in a row, and you know you're hooked. There's something addictive about this album, I swear. Don't start listening to it unless you're perfectly immune to infectious girl-fronted pop punk rock.

The Unlovables play crunchy power pop with dual lady harmonizing and cutesy lyrics. I’m immediately reminded of the Dance Hall Crashers if they lost the ska influence and sounded more like Green Day. I liked this. It was melodic, nicely produced, and the harmonies were sweet.

The best pop-punk bands are usually far more pop than they are punk, and that’s certainly the case here... But, oh boy,this is just about the best fucking POP you could ever hope to hear! Really! I don’t often hear new music that wows me on the first listen, but I was hooked the moment I heard bouncy sugarpunk gems like "I’ve Cried 4 You" and "Vacation". Talk about instant gratification! I’ve finally found the band I want to play at my next birthday party!

Here is a band that knows pop, lives pop, and breathes pop. And every last aspect of the pure pop experience is to be found in this group’s repertoire: to-die-for melodies, ingeniously-crafted hooks, heavenly saccharine harmonies, cute spunky vocals, and bubbly, super-catchy songs that you just won’t be able to get out of your head (not that you’d want to!). If you’re a sucker for crunchy punk guitars, sweet girly vocals, and perfectly melodious love songs, The Unlovables are gonna be your new favorite band. Remember the name Hallie Bullit (singer/songwriter/bass player); this gal’s a talent!...

We’re not talking about just another pop-punk band here. The Unlovables play vibrant, top tier pop that’s not only catchy but also endearing, magnetic, and clever as hell. One six-song CD is just a start, but what a start it is! If The Punk Rock Club EP is any indication of what’s to come from The Unlovables, this band is gonna save pop-punk.