The Honorary Title

While the Killers and the Bravery were racing to translate glitter into gold for their second
albums -- trying to be Bruce or Bono and coming up a few lighter-flickering choruses shy of
anthemic -- singer-songwriter Jarrod Gorbel was recasting his modest, wickedly worded
indie-emo songs into something grander and far more successful. Gorbel's New York
quartet multiplies its sound by a thousand on Scream with mammoth drum fills, ri... More >