I haven't read the review on the off chance I'll see it. But I've read some mixed things about it, specifically that the cinematography and direction are good, while the plot and characters are bland and generic (and therefore has little dramatic pull for the characters or the suspense). It looks intriguing but I…

Being a jingle writer speaks a lot  about his skills as a songwriter. Jingle writers don't write deep or musically complex songs. They write ultra-catchy jingles and earworms. Which is exactly what Pumped Up Kicks and most of Torches is. It's an extremely generic song with an extremely catchy chorus to the point that…

It's so abstract the lyrics don't even matter! Mark Foster is not making some kind of statement on how we perceive violence, or trying to explore the psyche of someone that commits violence (Which is where the "Psycho Killer" comparison comes from). It's painfully obvious, from reading the extremely simplistic and…

Oh please. This is a generic mainstream "indie" (with the greatest sarcasm intended) dance pop song written by a commercial jingle writer that contains a catchy chorus and nothing else. The lyrical content is shallow: it exists only to give it that controversial edge but the band denies any truly…