Parachute Musical are Nashville’s indie version of Panic! At the Disco or a Southern version of Rooney. Either way you spin it, they make high-tempo pop that is fueled by even higher pitch exclamations of teenage angst and emo-ish love sickness. Thanks to the $16,700 raised by their adoring fans, they were able to record Kill it Cut it Down with producer Jim Wirt (Jack’s Mannequin, Fiona Apple).

Lead singer and Rhodes extraordinaire Josh Foster relies heavily on his effeminate pipes to disguise some of the puppy love pain he’s hashing out in his lyrics. Deeper cut “You Could Take A Lot” is an accapella speed demon that changes pace and builds to the eventual cybernetic chorus “You could take a lot from me/I know it’s true/Cuz all I do/Somehow gets to you.” Besides the impressive snare snapping of drummer Ben Jacoby, this track wallows in the same emo-pop tedium that never seems to shift into a higher gear. One thing I respect the hell out of them for is keeping that myopic theme consistent throughout the whole album. A pleasant exception to this modus operandi is “Hometown” which starts with slow-driving guitar that goes silent to really let Foster’s voice sink in before it pushes the turbo button. I can’t help but hear a good bit of Fall Out Boy’s From Under the Cork Tree here. That’s not a bad thing, especially if you own it and do it well – which they do in spades.