Album Review: The Getaway Plan - 'Streetlight (Single)'

6 November 2007 | 10:15 pm | Staff Writer
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“Streetlight” is the lead

single off The Getaway Plan's debut album (Other Voices, Other Rooms),

which is scheduled for release in February of next year, and to say

a lot is riding on it would be an understatement. Having spent the better

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part of the last 3 years wowing Australian audiences with their pop

infused take on modern day screamo, the time has come for The Getaway

Plan to prove themselves.  


The band headed to the US to record

with James Paul Wisner (who has previously worked with Underoath and

New Found Glory) and although the single has a very slick radio sound

I was expecting a bit more from a producer of his ilk. Everything sounds

as it should for a pop/rock song but the production just doesn't have

the same kick as some of James' previous work. 


As for the song itself, it's a

huge step forward for The Getaway Plan. Vocalist Matthew only screams

on one or two occasions during the track which was music to my ears

as his clean singing voice is far stronger than his dirty vocals. While

previous TGP songs have utilized thrashier drum beats and more technical

guitar work, the band have now morphed into a straight forward sounding

rock group who have a much better understanding of melody than many

of their peers. 


The almost falsetto vocals that

introduce each chorus are guaranteed to dominate the airwaves and although

the guitar work is relatively simple it's incredibly effective... as

are the hints of piano which are audible throughout the first verse

and the song's chorus sections. Two b-sides accompany the single and

while they are only demos they bode well for the quality of “Other

Voices, Other Rooms”. 


On the back of this recording

I think it's safe to say that 2008 will be the year for The Getaway

Plan.


  1. Streetlight
  2. The Hardest Part (Demo)
  3. The Tempest (Demo)