Review: Still Got Legs by Chameleon Circuit

This album has been about for about a week, and I have had it on repeat for pretty much all of that time. So I decided that I may as well review it so that I may spread the word of it's greatness. This album is by the Band Chameleon Circuit, and it is call Still Got Legs. Chameleon Circuit is a Time Lord Rock band (or Trock for short). That means that it does songs based off of Doctor Who. I got into them because I am a big fan of band member Alex Day's solo work, and he linked to this in his blog. I liked their first album pretty well, so I gave this one a try. And I was blown away. If you want to hear it for yourself for free, you can do so here.

This is an amazing album. There are so many good songs. "Nightmares" and "The Doctor is Dying" are both dark and somber, and rock. "The Sound of Drums" is like the previous two listed songs, turned up to 11. "Mister Pond" is cool, although considering my love of badass Last Centurion Rory there may be a bit of a bias here. "Travelling Man," sounds like a Death Cab for Cutie song, and is happy with a hint of something deeper under the surface. "Regenerate Me" is a lot like the music from their debut self-titled album released about a year and a half ago or so. It is one of the weaker songs on the album, being merely good instead of amazing. "Big Bang Two" is fast and moderately interesting, with a chord change based off of "I Am The Doctor," the song that plays in Series Five & Six whenever something awesome is happening. "Still Not Ginger" is a short, lighthearted song that feels a little bit tacked on to the end of the record to leave on a happy note, but it's a fun song so I'm not complaining. "Eleven" is a rock cover of "I Am The Doctor,"which only worked to make the song even better.

The band has said that they wanted to make not just a good Doctor Who album, but a good album in general. I feel that they have succeeded. "Kiss the Girl" is a lighthearted love song about a guy who has a crush on his best friend. "Teenage Rebel" is vaguely punk-pop; it's a fun song about freedom.

The only two songs on the album that I do not really like are "Everything is Ending" and "Silence and the End of All Things." "Silence" is just a depressing song in my opinion, and just feels wimpy. It may even be longer than the scene from the show it was based upon. "Everything is Ending" I don't like mostly because I hate that woman's voice. If I am not mistaken, she was the girl in the song "Hearts" by Alex Day off of Parrot Stories, but that was only a few lines, and her voice wasn't as shrill then I recall. But, with time, even that song is stating to grow on me.

In short, this is a great album that you should get.