For fans of the likes of Sugarcult, MxPx, and The Starting Line comes a new band to add to that collection of sucrose saturated pop rock. Say hello to Pittsburgh, PA’s Transition.

It wasn’t at all surprising that Get There was produced by MxPx’s Mike Herrera. The album is pretty much your run-of-the-mill pop rock production. The collection of songs is indeed catchy, but here’s a little bit of a newsflash to any bands wanting to “make it”: catchy and good are NOT synonymous. Green Day puts out well-written kick ass music that is catchy. Backstreet Boys also put out catchy music, but unless you’re an eight year-old girl, they completely suck ass.

Get There is consistent in style, with plenty of hooks and guitar rhythms that are, in fact, solid. Transition played the album so safe that their consistency easily turned itself into redundancy. Songs like “Down at the Harbor” and “Carolina” have to be some of the stalest music I’ve heard in awhile. If the band were at all passionate about the music that they played, it’s completely lost in their unfluctuating sound.

Transition are made up of five guys just out of high school, so I could cut them some slack and say they’re still young and there’s plenty of time for growth and development… but I’m not going to. Everybody wants to be in a rock band these days, and it seems like almost everyone is. Transition simply fall into that category: just another rock band. Wanna stand out? Try being a little more original and a little less boring. Catchy alone just doesn’t cut it.
www.transitionmusic.net
www.floodgaterecords.com
www.eastwestrock.com

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Tanya Van Kampen

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 Past Constructive Criticism

kelsey posted the following Constructive Criticism: I think that "Get There" is a very well done album. Seeing as I've known Transition for a few years now, and seeing how they used to sound, they've come a long way. Their dedication to their music and their fans is a big part of their success.