Review: Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer - Schematics

Posted on 15 February 2008 | 1 Comment

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Just Plain Rock, Pop

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If you name your band Zolof The Rock And Roll Destroyer, you’d better be able to back it up and bring the rock. For the most part, Zolof succeeds. But this female-fronted Philly band plays punkish major-key pop-rock with big guitars, big riffs, and melodic synth leads and isn’t afraid to be a little cute too. Their latest album Schematics follows this simple formula and doesn’t aspire for anything more. It is feel-good fun rock for the myspace emo generation. And while vocalist Rachael Minton often has a bit of a snarl and could be (and probably already has been) compared to Hayley from Paramore, I get a much more Juliana Hatfield kinda vibe. In fact, there are more than a handful of moments on Schematics that wouldn’t sound at all out of place on Hatfield’s own 1995 album Only Everything, and that makes me actually sorta like this record when I normally would have dismissed it. My wife did and still doesn’t really like ‘em. And even though Schematics didn’t blow me away, it is still a fun listen that should have all the kids singing-along in no time. RIYL: Paramore, The Hippos, River City High, The Unlovables, Reggie & The Full Effect, etc…