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BUBBLE BOYS GO POP The band from the MTV series emerge from their fishbowl with a seriously catchy set of tunes
Ryan Russell

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Release Date: Aug 21, 2007; Lead Performance: Cartel; Genres: Pop, Rock
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By Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair is a senior writer for EW and has been called "the handsomest man in rock criticism'' (by his wife)

Yup, Cartel are the same Georgia fivesome that wrote this (their second) album in the fishbowl of MTV's Band in a Bubble in May. But don't hold it against them. The group's wistfully anthemic power pop on Cartel goes down so easy — think Gin Blossoms crossed with XTC — that only a card-carrying curmudgeon could deny its uplifting effervescence. For our part, the giddy sing-along ''This Is Who We Are'' has single-handedly forced us to reconsider our ban on the nonword bubblicious.


Download This See Cartel perform ''This Is Who We Are'' on YouTube


Posted Aug 21, 2007
 

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