Shiny Toy Guns - Season Of Poison

Before I get into my review, I want to offer a disclaimer that this is a partial review. I haven't yet listened to the entire record: this is a review based on my initial reactions.

Shiny Toy Guns is a band that my friend Calvin told me about a couple of years back. Initially, I wasn't impressed, but they they grew to be one of my favorite bands for a while. Then they kind of fell off of the radar, and unless you caught their occasional bulletin on myspace, little was being said about the band until about 3 months ago when they announced the forthcoming release of Season Of Poison. Initially, I like what I hear. To say that this band has grown up [possibly due in part to the departure and replacement of Carah Faye] is a vast understatement. Where the band's first album was based in dance and rock, Season Of Poison at times sounds heavily influenced by U2, and then at other times has a harder edge than was ever seen in their previous material. I like what I hear, but I'm interested to see how people receive this album.

Tracklisting:
1. When Did This Storm Begin (Feat. Binary Finary)
2. Money For That
3. I Owe You A Love Song5. It Became A Lie On You
6. Ricochet!
7. Season Of Love
8. Poison
9. Blown Away
10. Turned To Real Life
11. Frozen Oceans

Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots

Shiny Toy Guns' We Are Pilots is a great album teetering on the line of rock and electronica. Don't get too attached to Carah Faye's vocals because she recently quit the band and was replaced by some unknown girl. I heard a new track from the forthcoming album Season Of Poison and I wasn't terribly impressed. Hopefully the rest of the album is better than the track I heard.

Tracklisting:
1. You Are The One
2. Le Disko
3. Starts With One
4. When They Came For Us
5. Don't Cry Out
6. Chemistry Of A Car Crash
7. Waiting
8. Rainy Monday
9. Jackie Will Save Me
10. Shaken
11. We Are Pilots