Silly Goose : "Bad Behavior"

At first listen, it might be easy to write this Atlanta band off as a Limp Bizkit tribute act, but there is more under the surface. The zany rapped delivery of Jackson Foster, does lend Fred Durst comparisons to his suburban white boy approach. But these kids are hard-working and that extends to their songwriting which is pretty hooky, while they might not be skinning your ass raw like a chainsaw, they do bring enough of themselves into the mix. The second song "Tsunami" has to grow on me a bit. The lyrics are over the top and as silly as their name. They are not taking themselves all that silly and obviously their intention was to make nu-metal. The jumping grooves make that part hard to deny. 

The more melodic passages they work in is one of their strengths as it helps separate them from the first wave of ni-metal, Perhaps there is a bit of a Deftones influence in how these parts hit, but it's pretty effective. the songs I had my doubts about in this regard grew on me with a second listen. "Live It Up" has a little more of a Deftones vibe to the riffs, while they lean on the more party anthem side of songwriting. If you have caught a video of them playing in a Buc-ees parking lot, this is the kind of song you would expect to have trailer park kids dancing outside one of these Florida landmarks. 

"King of the Hill" has a stronger syncopation and benefits from the more melodic backing vocals that soar over the rapping. It was written with hooks at the forefront in a very intentional manner. Their drummer has some impressive chops that get showcased on this one. The last song is just typical nu-metal revivalism run through a metal core filter, that makes them sound like every other band at Welcome to Rockville.  I will give this one a 9.5, as they are doing what they set out to do with a fun catchy flare for songwriting that wins me over when I assumed they were just kids playing Limp Bizkit.This drops September 13th  

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