Band: Red Tuesday Album: Day In, Day Out First Impression: “Anthems For A Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” Album in One Word: Charismatic Sounds Like: First dates Makes Me Feel: Optimistic Why this Band is Unique: For almost five years, these three boys from three different highschools have managed to make it almost all the way through highschool AND find local success within Red Tuesday. Who Would Like This Album: Teenage girls Recommended Song: Givers and Takers Starting off with a brief, charmingly whiny introduction, Red Tuesday sets up listeners for the rest of Day In, Day Out with the album’s first track Day In. The song serves as a stage for singer Dan Wythoff’s boyish vocals, because the next song, Before Dawn, is six minutes of the boys flirting with different genres and refusing to commit as if a sampler of the songs to come. The next two poppy tracks, Admit the Setback and Eyes and Hourglasses, easily transition into each other. Though two separate songs, and both being an enjoyable listen, neither can be cited as a real standout on the album. Track five, though, Givers and Takers, is easily the clear cut star of the album. And there’s no reason for it not to be, all three young men get a chance to exorcise any demons they may have pent up, each receiving a platform from which to justify their existence in the group. The next song, Sketches, is a sugary love letter that focuses on the woodwinds and has a bit of a reputation during acoustic sets because of this. But there is not time for listeners to get comfortable because What Jealousy Means comes like a slap in the face. Trying not to establish the feel of a strictly pop album, this song almost serves to be counterproductive, proving that the band is best suited for cuddlecore above all else. This low-point is immediately forgotten though, with Make Amends. When the full-fledged lounge act revival happens, Red Tuesday will be more than ready, as seen with Make Amends, but in an agreeable lounge act sort of way. The record starts to wind down with Consider This, which is to the end of the album what Before Dawn is to the beginning of the album. It is certainly not a bad song, but it would not be the song that ranks among listener favorites. And finally, the album is finished off with, what else, but Day Out, the plodding, equally undeniable evil twin of Day In. This sort of ending seems to be the band leaving them wanting more. Visit myspace.com/redtuesdaynj to find out more about the boys who won't stop until they make sentiment cool again. (Emily Getzinger)