Cobra Starship
While the City Sleeps We Rule the Streets
Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance
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Legend has it when Gabe Saporta – ex Midtown - was in the desert he was visited by a cobra who came to him on a starship and told him about the impending end of the human existence.
The cobra’s message to Gabe was this "The purpose of your life is to make sure mankind goes out in style. By teaching hipsters to not take themselves so seriously and by telling emo kids to stop being pussies."
Sounds like that cobra was fucking awesome, and it led to Gabe forming The Cobra Starship. The debut album from Cobra Starship, While the City Sleeps We Rule the Streets features guest appearances by members of Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes and The Academy Is… among others and is a groovy, poppy, electro-fueled pop rock masterpiece, complete with sing-a-long songs, head banging tracks and sugary sweet vibes and fun lyrics of love and dancing.
Oh my hot dance rock album Batman.
While the City….. is 11 tracks of infectious synthesized pop rock, it’s a big sounding album. It can fill an entire room with all its beats and harmonies. The album also has some sweet song titles like “Being from New Jersey Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry” and “Amateur Night at the Appollo Creed.” It’s a fun album with some serious lyrics – like Open your eyes/I want to watch you cry/Come on come on/The camera’s on - and some playful ones – like Hey have you heard of my new religion?/It’s called the Church of Hot Addiction - but mostly it’s just a high tempo romp through you’re living room.
Cobra Starship sounds like a spacier Get Up Kids, with some prog rock and rockstar attitude kicking you in the balls. The production is stellar, every sound is captured and delivered perfectly, and this album is a party.
The Ted Leo co-written song “Keep it Simple” sums it up pretty well when it says – Let this groove just take you/Make your booty shake too/Just show me what you can do.
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