(Credit: Chr!s Sm!th)
I don't know what it's like where you are, but over here in NYC we're deep into the nicest day we've had all year. Major sunshine and big smiles all around. It's perfect weather for the endlessly optimistic power-pop of Two Hours Traffic. The Canadian quartet started out as kindergarten playtime buddies, and they recreate the same five-year-old wonder that brought them together in their irresistibly sunny songs.
But don't get the wrong idea here. Though their tunes are loaded with jangly guitars and sweetheart harmonies, Two Hours Traffic still knows exactly how to get down to business. Their flowery melodies and bucking backbeats add up to unstoppable combos of Beach Boys breeze and Strokes-y swagger. That one-two pop punch has already landed the band among the TV soundtrack elite, earning them airtime on Gossip Girl, The Ghost Whisperer, Smallville and The OC.
This weekend they add MTV's own Camp'd Out to their list of credits. The two-hour docu-drama follows a group of Broadway stars through the grueling paces of a competitive theater camp. Two Hours Traffic's "Stuck For The Summer" is the official theme song!
See what all the fuss is about in their barn-burner "Stuck For The Summer" video and then tune in to MTV this Saturday at noon to see Camp'd Out!