The Afters release their new album, Never Going Back to OK, this Tuesday, Feb. 26.
What’s really pushing the group these days is their MySpace Girl video.
“ “MySpace Girl†tells the real-life story of how The Afters bassist used the popular social networking site to covertly gather intelligence about a young woman he admired from afar at a burger joint.  Not only was he able to find her and contact her, but the couple eventually married.” — hear the whole story here (mp3)
Honestly, beyond the happy PR spin in their press release, I couldn’t get through the whole album just listening to it. I tried twice.
It’s baffling that formulaic chord progressions, cheesy lyrics & flashmation still sell. How can they go “back to okay” when they were never close to original to begin with?
