Stereokitsch

Get It Goin’

Kitsch, noun: Something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality. Unfortunate choice for a band name, boys, though perhaps it’s appropriate. Get It Goin’ whines like John Mayer without the Strat chops, up at 3am and “wishing that I could hold you in my arms” for “Elise,” who doesn’t seem to be coming home anytime soon. And that empty pop you hear is “99 Bottles” topping off to “leave your troubles far behind, leave your broken heart outside,” a sentiment that matches the lyrical vacuity of untried childhood recollections stuffing “Where We Once Were.” Refreshing changeups “Big Bully” and “Move Out, Move On” funkify the stagnation, and the title cut finds the McAllen duo on a Morcheeba trip-hop tip, but songwriter Elias Montemayor and drummer Homer Rios have got to Get It Goin’ with just a hint of ingenuity if they want to leave a footprint.

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This article appears in November 7 • 2008.

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