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Home School Valedictorian

Adelitas Way

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Home School Valedictorian, the Las Vegas-based modern rock outfit Adelitas Way's sophomore effort, polishes the already slick foundation on which the band built their 2009 debut. Bolstered by a radio-ready, appropriately bitter first single, “Sick,” a movie trailer-ready, Killers-esque anthem in “Alive,” and a rote, vulnerable, midtempo ballad called “I Can Tell,” High School Valedictorian sounds precise, pained, and impeccable, which is really what modern rock is about, but one can’t help feeling manipulated by the template-like accuracy of it all. Like any good pop record, the verse/chorus formula is applied liberally, and when the band sinks its teeth in, as they do on opener “The Collapse” it’s hard not to get wrapped up in the angst of it all. The hooks are catchy, the playing is tight, and the vision is grand, but the glassy familiarity of each move comes off like two computers playing chess with each other.

© James Christopher Monger /TiVo

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Adelitas Way

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1
The Collapse
00:03:38

Dave Bassett, ComposerLyricist - Rick DeJesus, ComposerLyricist - Adelitas Way, MainArtist - Trevor Stafford, ComposerLyricist

(C) 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America Inc.

2
Sick
00:03:11

Marti Frederiksen, ComposerLyricist - Rick DeJesus, ComposerLyricist - Adelitas Way, MainArtist

(C) 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America Inc.

3
Alive
00:03:46

Dave Bassett, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nik Karpen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Schubert, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Townsend, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tadpole, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick DeJesus, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adelitas Way, MainArtist - Keith Wallen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Johnston, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Trevor Stafford, Composer, Drum, AssociatedPerformer

(C) 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc.

4
Criticize
00:03:01

Justin Hawkins, Producer - David Bassett, ComposerLyricist - Rick DeJesus, ComposerLyricist - Adelitas Way, MainArtist - Trevor Stafford, ComposerLyricist

(C) 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc.. All rights reserved.

5
Good Enough
00:03:51

Dave Bassett, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Waugh, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug McKean, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tadpole, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick DeJesus, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adelitas Way, MainArtist - Keith Wallen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Johnston, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Trevor Stafford, Composer, Drum, AssociatedPerformer

(C) 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc.

6
Cage The Beast
00:03:16

Dave Bassett, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tadpole, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick DeJesus, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adelitas Way, MainArtist - Keith Wallen, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Johnston, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Trevor Stafford, Composer, Drum, AssociatedPerformer

(C) 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc.

7
I Can Tell
00:03:39

Dave Bassett, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Waugh, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug McKean, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tadpole, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick DeJesus, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adelitas Way, MainArtist - Keith Wallen, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Johnston, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Trevor Stafford, Composer, Drum, AssociatedPerformer

(C) 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc.

8
Somebody Wishes They Were You
00:03:44

Dave Bassett, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Waugh, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug McKean, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tadpole, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick DeJesus, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adelitas Way, MainArtist - Keith Wallen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Johnston, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Trevor Stafford, Drum, AssociatedPerformer

(C) 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc.

9
Move
00:03:20

Dave Bassett, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tadpole, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick DeJesus, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adelitas Way, MainArtist - Keith Wallen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Johnston, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Trevor Stafford, Composer, Drum, AssociatedPerformer

(C) 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc.

10
I Wanna Be
00:03:12

Dave Bassett, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Connolly, Composer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Waugh, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug McKean, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tadpole, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick DeJesus, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adelitas Way, MainArtist - Keith Wallen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Johnston, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Trevor Stafford, Drum, AssociatedPerformer

(C) 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc.

11
Hurt
00:03:56

Dave Bassett, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tadpole, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Blackwood, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick DeJesus, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adelitas Way, MainArtist - Keith Wallen, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Johnston, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Trevor Stafford, Composer, Drum, AssociatedPerformer

(C) 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc.

Album review

Home School Valedictorian, the Las Vegas-based modern rock outfit Adelitas Way's sophomore effort, polishes the already slick foundation on which the band built their 2009 debut. Bolstered by a radio-ready, appropriately bitter first single, “Sick,” a movie trailer-ready, Killers-esque anthem in “Alive,” and a rote, vulnerable, midtempo ballad called “I Can Tell,” High School Valedictorian sounds precise, pained, and impeccable, which is really what modern rock is about, but one can’t help feeling manipulated by the template-like accuracy of it all. Like any good pop record, the verse/chorus formula is applied liberally, and when the band sinks its teeth in, as they do on opener “The Collapse” it’s hard not to get wrapped up in the angst of it all. The hooks are catchy, the playing is tight, and the vision is grand, but the glassy familiarity of each move comes off like two computers playing chess with each other.

© James Christopher Monger /TiVo

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© 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2011 Virgin Records America, Inc.

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