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"Chicago&#39;s\nPlain White T&#39;s were happily cruising along as an indie pop-punk footnote until\na stroke of dumb luck (and, admittedly, a really great hook) catapulted the\nband&#39;s &quot;Hey There Delilah&quot; onto pop charts and eventually into a 2008 Grammy\nnomination. It&#39;s been three years and one major-label deal since &quot;Delilah&quot; was\nactually recorded,\nthough, and in spite of increasingly higher stakes, the T&#39;s haven&#39;t replicated\nthe song&#39;s mainstream success. They have, however, scored some sub-mainstream\nvictories via TV, where their work has been embraced as audio wallpaper by the\nteen/tween shows iCarly and Greek. With Big Bad World (which, mercifully,\ndoesn&#39;t feature yet another re-release of &quot;Delilah&quot;), the band tries hard to\nhold onto that niche. Heck, there are moments here that aim even lower than iCarly\ndemographically:\nThe limp, jangly title track and the cloying &quot;1, 2, 3, 4&quot; in particular make\nthe Naked Brothers Band sound like Morbid Angel. The T&#39;s music has never been\nparticularly edgy, but at least with 2002&#39;s raggedy, Jimmy Eat World-inspired Stop—or even the tender,\naffecting &quot;Delilah,&quot; for that matter—there was an attempt at substance.\nThis time around, it&#39;s all saccharine pop and desperate ballads.\n\n"
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