Every Second Counts - Plain White T's

Every Second Counts is the 4th release from Plain White T's, although I think it is their first major worldwide successful album. The American band are best known for their hit song "Hey There Delilah" that was played a lot across a number of radio stations. The song had such wide appeal that most people I knew liked it in one way or another. Hey There Delilah is the first song on the album and it is in my opinion the best of the bunch. A slow ballad with just a gentle guitar playing in the background tells a story of long distance love. The simple lyrics and easy listening nature of the song make it instantly likable and it wont be long until you ...  Read the complete review

The band hails from Chicago in the US and formed way back in 1997. The band has already released 4 albums and this is the first album to chart in the US or UK Markets. This current album shot the band to the radio airways in the UK with the massive love song that was released last summer called hey there Delilah. The really interesting part of this story is that Delilah does not actually appear for the first time on the every second counts, but it was the record industry who asked the band to re-release it on the every second counts album. When it was re-released the band promoted the single all across the globe and the single reached number 1 in numerous countries, ...  Read the complete review

Plain White T’s were not a band I was familiar with in the slightest, in fact I don’t think I’d even heard their name until about a month ago. They’re an American band consisting of five male members and class themselves as an indie / rock band. Every Second Counts is actually their fourth album )third full length album) although their former albums didn’t receive nearly as much success as their latest offering. They’re most similar to American bands such as Boys Like Girls and Dashboard Confessional. They do also have similar sounding songs to more well known bands such as All American Rejects and Snow Patrol. I’d say that they’d mainly appeal to quite a young audience ...  Read the complete review