OK, fun fun fun, that’s what this is. We’ve got a groovy set of reviews for you this week. I literally cannot come up with anything interesting to say, and you people are probably sick of my rambling. I bet you’d like me to just shut up and get on to the reviews. And I understand that, I hate it when bloggers just go on and on about whatever is important to them, and never even regard their potential audience. Like it’s like do we like really care? I mean for reals you guys and gals. So that’s why I’m gonna just move on to the reviews. Here you go, for your enjoyment, a set of reviews, that will literally climb into your brain and explode your very mind. Enjoy!
Franz Ferdinand – Tonight – **1/2 – Hmm… not sure what to say about this one. It was fine, but seemed a bit samey throughout and did not have as much as a variety of sounds and hooks to keep me interested for long.
Edward Guglielmino – Late At Night – ** – Interesting record. Really great songwriting and arranging, but falls apart a bit in the vocals department. He is a fine singer, but for the ambitious arrangements and songs, it doesn’t always fit. This can be seen when he has a guest vocalist on one track, who really brings something different to the mix.
Nerd Parade – The Span of a Life – *** – Interesting album from this band. Melding several influences, from atmospheric, harmonic, mid-tempo pop, hard guitars, etc. It makes for a familiar, but unique sound. Nice balance of male and female voices as well.
Jewel – Lullaby – **1/2 – OK, this sounds more like Jewel, definitely back to her folkier roots, this album is good, a bit long, and would probably do better putting parents asleep than their babies, but who knows.
Bleu – A Watched Pot – ***1/2 – At long last, Bleu’s album is being released. It is available to stream here (). I was so excited to be hearing this album, I had heard many early mixes, but the final mix and the way the album flows brings it all home, and it is great. You really can’t go wrong with Bleu, even with a few songs that sort of come out of left field, they are still interesting and may grow on me.
