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Song of the Day: The Academy Is..., "About a Girl"

Posted Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:16am PDT by Rolling Stone in Rolling Stone Song Of The Day

This snappy emo strut finds these Chicago suburbanites sounding like the Decemberists minus the English-major affectations. "One song/About a girl/Can't breathe/When I'm around her," announces William Beckett over ringing guitars, while the hearts of a hundred Hollister-rocking 15-year-olds skip a beat. It's somewhat generic, but that "woooo!" around the one-minute mark will make you tingle.

The Academy Is... - About a Girl

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5 Comments

1. Yahoo! Music User -
yeah, not bad at all. to get some other fresh tracks from the other end of the music spectrum, reggae/dancehall that is, check out New Kidz' hot new track "woman" on www.myspace.com/gargamelmusicinc

2. Selena -
you guys suck they rule!

3. Yahoo! Music User -
I would have to say they rule.
But I am slightly offended about the Hollister thing. I don't wear Hollister!

4. josey6145 -
Pretty good.

5. Sam -
It's a good song, and yeah, I don't wear Hollister.
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