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The Audition
Released 2005

Approach The Bench
02:49
77,288 plays

You've Made Us Conscious
03:00
73,530 plays

Don't Be So Hard
03:14
73,310 plays

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- 1
- Dance Halls Turn To Ghost Towns
- 03:19
- 48,675 plays

- 2
- You've Made Us Conscious
- 03:00
- 73,530 plays

- 3
- It's Too Late
- 03:04
- 49,018 plays

- 4
- Approach The Bench
- 02:49
- 77,288 plays

- 5
- The Ultimate Coverup
- 02:58
- 39,005 plays

- 6
- Don't Be So Hard
- 03:14
- 73,310 plays

- 7
- Lawyers
- 03:08
- 36,085 plays

- 8
- Rep Your Clique
- 02:48
- 31,986 plays

- 9
- La Rivalita
- 02:37
- 25,924 plays

- 10
- Smoke And Mirrors
- 03:36
- 40,733 plays

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album review

The Audition make all the right moves on Controversy Loves Company, their Victory debut. Danny Stevens sings songs like "You've Made Us Conscious" and "The Ultimate Cover Up" from the threshold between indignation and having a good cry, the young quintet's songs are compact dynamos of emo urgency, and every single triumphant break or righteous gang vocal moment can be anticipated at least a measure before it arrives. And it always arrives. Because like hundreds (thousands?) of their savvy peers starting bands in a generation raised on Warped Tours, the Audition know every inch of the template. A propulsive beat, vaguely meaningful lyrics ("Why can't you accept the fact that I'm only as loyal as my options?"), hyper guitars, and those pleading vocals -- with the right production and enough MySpace friends, the future can be pretty bright. Just ask Fall Out Boy. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide