I'm sorry for the late post. I've been very busy for the past couple of days and haven't had the time to write a full review.
This is another band that I knew very little about before listening to their album. I had heard their name tossed around for about a year now and I noticed that this album was being released July 22. I decided to give it a try.
Well. I wish I had picked something else... This band sounds like a modern-day pop band tossed into an indie-synth-dance blender. But that's not what's bad about this album. I kinda like the way the girl sings. It's sort of a girl version of the guy from Bloc Party... but she also kinda sounds like Bjork... if Bjork was in a band like this.
It's the music. It's very bland. Boring. Almost every song sounds EXACTLY like the other one. There are 11 original songs on the album (12 songs if you count the remix that I received with the download). Out of the 11 songs, there are
two songs I really like. The first is a song that sounds like it belongs on a Bloc Party album. It's called "Beautiful Song." There's certainly not anything beautiful about it but it's a simple song with a fun guitar riff between verses. The problem here is that, as I mentioned before, it sounds like everything else on the album. But this song is certainly the best sounding one. The second song that I like a lot is called "Move" and I would DEFINITELY say that this is the best song on the album. The reason why is because it doesn't completely sound like all the others. It's a dance song and a good one at that. Interestingly enough, it almost sounds like Part 2 of the "Electric Slide" due to its processed handclaps placed at the 4th beat (1-2-3-CLAP). I enjoy the lyrics too. "You better get your move on or all the good ones will have gone." It's a very fun song.
The last song I want to mention is one that I thought I would really get into when it first started playing. "Believe Achieve." It starts with a VERY cool 1-2 style beat and some syncopated electronic blips and beeps... but then, without warning, it stops the syncopation. This song could have been REALLY good but they took out the best part of the song before the song even properly starts.
Overall I give this album a 5/10 due to its safe sound that ends up restricting its potential. The songs never seem to be fully explored and end up sounding too much alike. The songs
are bearable though and this is why the album gets a slightly below average rating.
5/10
(Not a complete waste of time)
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