Say Anything - Say Anything Is A Real Boy (CD)

Say Anything... Is a Real Boy... Not a movie

By duh, guess!  Jan 23, 2007

Pros: Very original

Cons: Takes a bit of getting used to

It's the return of the concept album! Of course, concept albums haven't really gone away -- Green Day's "American Idiot" is good example of a modern concept album -- but they're few and far between compared to the days of Fl...oyd or Queensryche. This is the story of "Say Anything," pseudonym of frontman Max Bemis, who will, well, SAY ANYTHING. He's disturbed in the head... Sort of a bi-polar/
manic-depressive/
paraniod delusional with torrets. But in a good way. I put this in the frenetic, self-aware, intelligent modern alt-rock vein of PANIC!, Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, etc. Read more Less