★★★★★
If Eureka has an outlier, it's "Stars and Stripes," which shys from the '60s and '70s pop Rooney has traditionally embraced. Like a modern version of The Youngbloods' "Get Together," this track embraces helping each other and sharing blame, oddly finishing with a key-driven melody that seems like an opener for some tawdry Vaudeville act. That, or the darker, harder rock tune of "Not in My House" that's not quite believable...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
Sound: Rooney's sophomore release is catchy, quirky and charming. A most interesting aspect of Rooney's sound on 'Calling the World' is that they sound like a British band with a hint of Los Angeles class shining through. Songs like the title track are melodic pop rock numbers that should do well in the charts, particularly in the UK, due to the Oasis influences...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
As evidenced by their first two albums, Rooney are a pop band whose most memorable feature is how absolutely forgettable they are. If not mistaken for a number of other acts working their way to small amounts of radio stardom, they're solidifying their reputation as one of the most tedious pop artists in recent history...
- www.reviewrinserepeat.com
2010-12-14
★★★★★
Do you remember that band Rooster? No? Well now you have a new pop-rock peddling band with a similar name that treads similar ground. And new album 'Calling The World' is Rooney's stateside claim for the title of 'band that you are embarrassed to like', currently held by label mates The Feeling. Indeed, one look at the cover of this album tells you all you need to know about them. Set against a neutral grey, the band brandish a white flag with their name scrawled across it in triumph...
- www.gigwise.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
Summary: Eureka! Offensive radio pop Independent and on their own, Rooney have started to pull from a number of musical directions to make their alternative radio pop, past and present. Everything about that last sentence screams "summary!" - I know, but it's really the ideal way to approach the writing of a review for Rooney's third full-length, Eureka...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2010-10-18
★★★★★
Rooney have more connections than an amplifier. Singer Robert Carmine's real last name is Schwartzman ? his brother is Jason of Phantom Planet. Like his bro, Robert acts on the side (The Virgin Suicides, The Princess Diaries). Nic Cage and Francis Coppola are in the family, too. "Shakin," on this self-titled debut, is produced by big-cheese Interscope label head Jimmy Iovine. Yep, just your average Hollywood success story...
- www.blender.com
2010-08-22
★★★★★
Rooney's recent history has been marred with a couple of scrapped albums, do-overs and disputes, so it's encouraging to see the band bucking up and finally releasing another record. But Eureka sounds like the quintet has grown even more jarringly disjointed. Rooney now lurches from chirpy pop to vintage-y surf-rock tracks, few of which are memorable...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2010-07-31
★★★★★
It's almost sweet that Rooney chose to title its latest album Eureka. Geffen dropped the Southern California sunshine-pop outfit sometime after the release of 2007's Calling The World, a poorly performing sophomore effort that was hobbled by release delays and studio overthinking. So in a way, this self-produced, self-released third LP is an opportunity to discover gold—Rooney's chance to make Rooney's dream record...
- www.avclub.com
2010-06-24
★★★★★
A few years ago a friend of mine placed a CDR in my mailbox, wanting to know what I thought of it. It was Rooney's 2007 sophomore album, Calling the World. I didn't know who they were or what their aspirations were, and certainly wasn't aware of their show business "connections". And I really just didn't care for it. I felt that the last thing this world needed was yet another Phantom Planet clone that writes three-minute pop songs about relationships that fade out over repeated choruses...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-06-24
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