Boy Hits Car's music vibrantly treks through various aural textures with its intense conviction and intriguing use of dynamics. Led by an animated front man, this quartet's music is vividly colorful, effortlessly switching the pace and pouring on layers of acoustic ambiance to create a harmonic blend of electrified new metal meets alternative world music. Perhaps comparable to the raw visceral sound of At The Drive-In, the group are also quite careful to create sweeping melodies that seem to almost have a touch of Rush in them, along with shade of more contemporary acts who thrive on rhythmic songs like Fuel.

Vocally, band lyricist Cregg is interestingly animated, constantly embellishing on notes, twisting and inflecting them like a seething madman, yet always keeping things tuneful. Meanwhile, the searing guitars cut a path with ample distortion and interesting, if always seemingly upbeat or inquisitive riffs that crunch and grind somewhere along the lines of label mates finger eleven. Backed with walls of percussion and a rock solid connection between the drums and bass, a few bits of psychedelica rear their head occasionally, along with an impressive use of what sounds like east indian instruments, especially in the catchy ethnic attention grabber, "Going To India". Utilizing various instruments such as flutes and congas, this band are quite musically proficient and more than able to construct beautiful sonic structures that are consistently laced with acoustic 12 string guitar, almost forcing the listener to actually have to pay attention to fully digest it, and with their genuine, heart felt nature, the music truly does wind up shining through.

But perhaps this groups most noticeable quality is their catchiness. At first some may be put off by the ever shifting splash of thundering sounds, but after a few spins, its not hard to see that they are really on to something, layering almost every song with an acoustic undercurrent to capitalize on a naturally intoxicating contrast of heavy meets soft. The vocals however can take a bit of adjustment as they at times border between obnoxious and flamboyant, but after repeated exposure, they seem to sink in and thoroughly charge the music up a notch, channeling an abundance of energy and passion. For a band with a name that refers to self empowerment, there is definitely no lack of confidence and talent and although their craft may take some time to be fully understood, we just might need to start buying more auto insurance if this group can manage to fully catch on.
(4 / 5)