Florida alt-rock outfit
Go Radio (featuring former
Mayday Parade singer
Jason Lancaster) make their driving full-length debut on
Lucky Street. Working with producer
Tim O’Heir, who worked with
All-American Rejects and
Say Anything, the band follows the mold of those groups, fusing a pop-punk influence into its guitar-heavy sound, adding a sense of urgency to the music without sacrificing melody. The result is a kind of plaintive alt-rock that’s able to be uptempo without necessarily being upbeat, giving the album enough drive to grab listeners' attention and enough emotional weight to keep them interested. With hard rocking jams like “Kill the Beast” and “Fight, Fight (Reach for the Sky)” in
Go Radio's repertoire,
Lucky Street definitely makes for a promising debut from the Tallahassee quartet, and will definitely be of interest to fans of
Lancaster’s from his
Mayday Parade days. ~ Gregory Heaney