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Greetings from Imrie House

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Reviewed by Kathi Kamen Goldmark

GREETINGS FROM IMRIE HOUSE is a friendly, guitar-fueled power-pop confection whipped up by four talented guys. Lyrics are tween-safe with a little wink-wink, nudge-nudge sexual innuendo on "Friday Night" and a couple of references to prescription drugs. Earning their rock & roll stripes as the opening act for the likes of the Backstreet Boys and Jesse McCartney, Click Five have a way with a musical hook and a resolutely retro sensibility. The songs are as cute as can be, if a little self-conscious and unimaginative. Eric Dill, the lead singer, has one of those odd nasal voices that can be effective on many of the tunes, but often verges on a paint-scraper whine. Joe Guese carries most of the predictable tunes with excellent lead guitar work. Everyone turns in fine performances, enjoyable if lacking originality.

Is It Any Good?

4

Four members of Click Five attended the prestigious Berklee School of Music and the fifth is from Purdue. Knowing this about the band raises our expectations -- if we didn't know that these guys were elite-music-school alumni, maybe we wouldn't care so much that they've turned in performances that are pleasant and fun, but far from brilliant. Appealing and clean-cut, '60s-retro-styled to the max, the Click Five offer what amounts to musical Redi-whip. But it will be interesting to see how these undoubtedly talented guys grow as artists on future albums.

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