Music Review

The Fourth World (1997)

Kara's Flowers
Reviewed by Tom Lanham | Aug 15, 1997
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Kara's Flowers

''I can't find anything to be sad about/They say I'm doomed but I feel fine,'' chirps frontman of Kara's Flowers Adam Levine on the Brit-pop-peppy cut ''Myself.'' Not exactly the sentiment you'd expect from an 18-year-old L.A. whippersnapper fresh out of depressing high school. But these optimistic, lyrically awkward kids spend 10 more happy tracks on The Fourth World turning the tables on lethargic slacker cynicism, with Green Day producer Rob Cavallo bridling all that youthful zeal. B+

Originally posted Aug 15, 1997 Published in issue #392 Aug 15, 1997 Order article reprints

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