"You're so fun, my magnetic one" - I can't help but sing along with Freezepop's newest single, "Magnetic" from their Imaginary Friends album that was set to release on November 9th but has been pushed back to December 7th. While I patiently wait for the first album of the newly quartet-ed Freezepop, I've been playing Magnetic almost non-stop since I downloaded it free from Freezepop's homepage. I have to admit that it is very different from past Freezepop songs and for quite a bit of time, I couldn't place what really sounded different. Catchy pop beat? Check. Synth melody? Check. Clever lyrics with an odd topic? Check. So what is so different about it? After playing it along with some of my other Freezepop favorites, I was finally able to put my finger on it - they sound like a real band now!Not that Freezepop didn't sound great before, but the two new additions (which brought the band from a trio to a quartet) has made a huge difference in the overall quality of the sound. Now it seems much deeper than having two keytars and Liz on vocals. After really examining the song and pulling apart all of the different instrument tracks, I find that this new sound is much fuller, more complex, and definitely more robust in the quality of musicality. Don't get me wrong though, this is the same bubbly Freezepop from yesterdays just with a much richer sound to them. So rich in fact, that it has been a little hard for me to go back to some of their older work, especially their first album, because of the lack of complexity. So, while I anxiously await the arrival of Imaginary Friends, I look forward to hearing a polished but still geeky Freezepop quartet this December. Oh, and one other thing, Magnetic better be in Rock Band 3 because I'm already dying to hit this up on the keyboard and mic.
