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We also love to party and this third effort from Cobra Starship screams ‘party’ right from blast off.
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If you don't finish this part record a hot mess, then you probably didn't have a good time.
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Hot Mess is a complete success and shows that the band could possibly grow past the comedy and become something else entirely.
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Hot Mess is flush with other stupid-smart highlights, including 'Pete Wentz Is the Only Reason We’re Famous.'
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Sometimes the former Midtown singer's snark falls flat, as with the title 'Pete Wentz Is the Only Reason We're Famous' or the part where the singer brags about his ass. But Saporta does have some pop gifts, apparent on the disco 'Living in the Sky With Diamonds.'
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There’s only so much nudge-nudge, wink-wink you can take before you want to shove a sock in the dude’s mouth. On the bright side, they stand a good chance of scoring a few top-40 hits with this dreck.
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Only a music fan obsessed with the rules of authenticity and the requirements for lyrical profundity could find fault with the 11 odes to overload that make up Hot Mess.
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Alternative PressHot Mess has everything you hate to admit you love about Cobra Starship. [Sep 2009, p.104]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 34
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Mixed: 1 out of 34
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Negative: 4 out of 34
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Mar 23, 2012
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JoshM.Aug 16, 2009How does this piece of crap have a metacritic page and Thrice's "Beggars" - album of the YEAR by FAR isn't reviewed ANYWHERE.
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[Anonymous]Aug 13, 2009It lacks the over bearing cockiness of Cobra's second album, but it has an ability to grow on you.