There is nothing overly ground breaking about Nashville natives Hot Chelle Rae’s album Whatever. In saying that though, it does provide both moments of great fun and at times great sorrow which is the make up of any pop punk album nowadays.
The two singles off the album thus far ‘Tonight Tonight’ and ‘I Like It Like That’ on first listen don’t leave much to be desired, but the album morever is the perfect amount of up tempo fun combined with heartfelt and beautiful ballads.
No matter what track it may be on the album, whether the hilarious and jovial ‘Radio’ or the lovely ‘The Only One’, this band’s strength often lies in their songwriting. They have the perfect words for that perfect moment in the song.
It is clear that this band don’t take themselves too seriously and this album is a definite party album. If anything though, what lets the album down moreover is that the songs themselves seem to end before they’vev had a chance to truly live.
Nevertheless Hot Chelle Rae are a very cool band that have all the joy of the Vegas band The Killers but with a very Nashville flavour.
