Doghouse
2006
Something Real
About This Album
Meg and Dia Frampton, the namesake for their aptly named band, Meg & Dia, began to gain a significant amount of attention at 2006's Warped Tour, when they were on indie label Doghouse. In 2007, signed to Warner with a song on both the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles soundtrack and the 2007 Warped Tour compilation, they're poised to (re)introduce themselves to the teenaged world with the (re)release of their album Something Real. With average riffs and choruses and occasionally interesting lyrics, the sisters should appeal to the emo-inspired mainstream radio crowd, clean guitars and drums pushing their way through the 11 tracks on the record. This is straightforward, polished, punk-pop-inflected rock, and musically, it certainly isn't trying to break any barriers. The hooks are catchy enough, but so similar-sounding that they're hard to distinguish from one another, and while singer Dia does seem earnest in her confessions of love and broken-hearted acceptance, her voice manages to reach that level of nasally over-eagerness a little too much, turning her innocent credibility into something just bothersome and forced, especially in tracks like "Indiana" and "Nineteen Stars.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,6,8 and 11)

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