American Hi-Fi are a pop-punk band that came along just before pop-punk blew up earlier this decade. They’re best known for the first single “Flavor of the Weak” from their 2001 self-titled debut. That song is outstanding and is the perfect example of a pop-punk hit. It was enough to get me interested and after hearing a few more songs I bought the album and listened to over and over again that summer. It’s just an extremely catchy record. There were several tracks that could have been hits, but nothing was as big as “Flavor of the Weak.” I was anticipating the release of the sophomore album The Art of Losing in 2003 but was slightly disappointed with what I heard. The title track was also the lead single and while it was catchy, it was much rawer and not really as good as anything on American Hi-Fi. Not to mention they drop the f-bomb in the chorus. The rest of the album was not much better. In 2005 the band came out with their third record Hearts On Parade. It seemed promising because the lead single, “The Geeks Get the Girls” was quite catchy and more along the lines of their first album. However, the band didn’t see great success with Hearts. “Geeks” was used as the theme song for the WB/CW reality show Beauty and the Geek. The band are still together and are supposedly recording a fourth album possibly due out next year. Today’s song was one of my favorites from their self-titled release. It’s kind of a power ballad, moving from an acoustic guitar to a massive ending all with great lyrics and vocals of front man Stacy Jones. American Hi-Fi - "Another Perfect Day"
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