Faktion - "Faktion" (Roadrunner Records, 2006)

Talk about a flashback. I heard the opening strains of "Six O'Clock" and recalled the mid-nineties debut of adult rockers Athanaeum, the band which spawned the single "What I Didn't Know" an instant before they disappeared off the face of the earth. That fate is likely to befall this Texas quintet as well, though their angsty alt-rock should find fans among fans of Hoobastank and Nickelback. Whether that's enough to get them radio-play in an already overcrowded market remains to be seen, though it seems unlikely.

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