Graduate - Anhedonia CD


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Anhedonia is the chronic inability to perceive pleasure. (It was also the working title of the Woody Allen film that eventually became Annie Hall.) It's such an on-the-nose title for an emo album that it's only surprising that no one thought of it before. The debut album by the Graduate is certainly a fitting candidate for the title, given the persistent moping of lead singer Corey Warning's teen angst lyrics and his unpleasantly whiny, at times truculent, vocal style. This is a real shame, because with a better and less irritating lead singer and lyricist, the Graduate would be a lot more interesting to listen to. Musically, they're on the more placid end of the emo-pop pool, favoring chorused guitar sounds and simple arpeggiated riffs that occasionally blur into shimmers of pealing high-register tones. For example, opening track "Sit & Sink" sounds like what might have happened had U2 and Brian Eno spun off and elaborated the first 45 seconds of "Where the Streets Have No Name" into its own little song. But Warning goes and spoils the mood with his deeply irritating lyrics which seem to pretty much boil down to the idea that the friend he's singing to shouldn't commit suicide because that would, like, be a drag 'n' stuff. Whatever. The Graduate deserve a better frontman than they have, but those who can overlook the problem might find something appealing regardless. ~ Stewart Mason

Lyricist: Corey Warning.

The Graduate: Corey Warning (vocals); Max Sauer (guitar); Matt Kennedy (guitars); Jared Wuestenberg (bass guitar); Tim Moore (drums).

Personnel: Heather Stebbins (cello).CMJ (p.4) - "Establishing their identity with U2 and Mute Math-inspired rock tracks like 'Sit and Sink,' 'Bet It All' and 'Sing'..."

Anhedonia Music

Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs
Label	Icon
Orig Year	2007
All Time Product Rank	313,688
CD Universe Part number	7392714
Catalog number	105
Discs	1
Release Date	Apr 10, 2007
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Brian McTernan
Engineer	Brian McTernan
Recording Time	42 minutes
Personnel	Tim Moore - drums Corey Warning - vocals Heather Stebbins - cello Jared Wuestenberg - bass guitar Matt Kennedy - guitars Max Sauer - guitar

Graduate - Anhedonia Songs

	Trk	Song
	1	Sit & Sink See All 2
	2	I Survived See All 2
	3	Bet It All See All 2
	4	Anhedonia See All 2
	5	City That Reads See All 2
	6	Better Company See All 2
	7	Surround Yourself See All 2
	8	Interlude See All 2
	9	Doppleganger See All 2
	10	Stay the Same See All 2
	11	Justified See All 2
	12	Sing See All 2

Anhedonia Music Review

Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

3 stars maybe next album
this album has some great moments. Though it's every three songs which makes a 12 song album have three or four pretty goods songs. songs 1, 4, 5,and 11 are pretty good. Graduate remind me of the Lost Prophets. They had to get this one under their belt to get the next album out which will problably be better
Submitted by jathekidd (lillington)
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5 stars Legen...wait 4 it...dary
It's awesome,fresh and new. If i could only get a hold of it in S.A!!!!
Submitted by Jane Do (Centurion, Gauteng, S.A)
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3 stars they are awesome
i saw them live in concert and they were great! they were energized into the music and moving around, it made me wanna move too...id so go to another one of their concerts
Submitted by bjd12bjd13 (bristol, rhodeisland, usa)
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5 stars They Rock
The Graduate totally rocks! Great sound and awesome vocal ranges. This band is going places.
Submitted by Tammi (Virginia Beach, VA)
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