Review
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start
And Nothing Is #1

Ohev (2003) — Shane

Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start – And Nothing Is #1 cover artwork
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start – And Nothing Is #1 — Ohev, 2003

The minute someone seriously suggested this name for the band, I'd have to show him the door. The name is not clever, loses it's novelty factor quickly to where it just gets annoying, and doesn't fit this band AT ALL. I was fully expecting a keyboard fronted band with some snotty vocalist. Instead what I was exposed to was a band that fits the "emo" mold these days with a touch of Death Cab For Cutie. Featuring lyrics such as, "I know you'll find out I'm a geek with a lowercase g," you'll find out quickly they don't have the cleverness of Ben Gibbard's writing. In short, give it up guys. You failed at the music thing. Try croquet.

2.6 / 10 — Shane • February 28, 2004

Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start – And Nothing Is #1 cover artwork
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start – And Nothing Is #1 — Ohev, 2003

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