"Insomniatic" by Aly & AJ

As blonde, teen spawn of the Disney media empire, it would be easy to write off sisters Alyson (16) and Amanda Joy (18) Michalka as just another way to sell product; after all, they've already amassed a catalogue of straight-to-DVD movies and TV parts—not to mention two albums of inoffensive guitar pop. Yet surprisingly, Insomniatic stands as a record in its own right: an enthusiastically ambitious pop project with appeal far beyond the tween Disney demographic, owing more to influences from Gwen Stefani or Girls Aloud than the High School Musical brigade. Largely free of the Christian confessional angst-lite that cluttered their previous releases, Insomniatic embraces synth melodies, driving beats and gloriously structured songwriting. While purists will cringe at the obvious vocoding, lead single "Potential Breakup Song" is a deliciously meta reflection on a failing relationship: musing that "our album needs just one," over a frothy
	Published: 2007-07-19 Provider: Artist Direct