4/5 stars This disc is a complete jam session from start to finish. It brings back the days when bands would record together live as a group in the studio and although the producers had to work a bit harder, the music was pure. The elements underneath can be heard in some of the early work of Pink Floyd that drive the song "Pebbles And Marbles." The lyrics are the most structured the band has ever compiled. The band has grown as songwriters musically as well as lyrically and now bring new components into the jam sessions. The vocal styling on "Friday" seems rooted in a Kris Kristofferson structure. This is like no other vocals they have done but the potential has always been there.
"Pump up Kicks", the first single released, is lyrically the worst ever recorded but the music makes up for it ten-fold. The meaning behind the lyrics is of a more serious nature. Mark Foster takes the idea of the book "In Cold Blood" and instead of making it dark with a musty basement feel, gives it a danceable up beat so kids will sing the lyrics. Hopefully, when the lyrics become second nature to our youth it will somehow become imbedded in their unconscious.
Everything is as it should be, opening up the guitars to do more than just strum a few chords and hope for the best. It is like Bob Dylan passed them a torch, and when the handoff was completed, they expanded and stretched out into different genres without selling out their own sound.
Is it possible for the band to have more songs inside them to deliver another CD? This is an open-ended question, as the band has left no genre untouched. They have intertwined some jazzy-feeling drum lines on several tracks but fused it with country, rock and even some showtune style sounds.
The progressive rock that they implement throughout this album should be a salute to all the hard work they have put into every release so far. This band has no limits as they have opened themselves and their fans up to so many different styles of music. They have also created their own genre, which is a culmination of everything in music's past. They have redefined melody and picked apart harmonious vocals straining anyone who dares categorize their music.
Mark Foster seems to be the driving force in keeping this release concise, easily pushing each track into the pop music genre. Foster has his hand on the pulse of where pop music used to be and where he and his band mates can take it again. This is a fun and entertaining musical experience that will have longevity into 2012.
If the record company either forces the band back in the studio quickly or keeps them on the road too long this could be their best CD. Do not let that happen, because talent is scarce in the music business with YouTube making stars of our young way before their time. Just wait. they will all be writing a tell-all book in 20 years.
"Pump up Kicks", the first single released, is lyrically the worst ever recorded but the music makes up for it ten-fold. The meaning behind the lyrics is of a more serious nature. Mark Foster takes the idea of the book "In Cold Blood" and instead of making it dark with a musty basement feel, gives it a danceable up beat so kids will sing the lyrics. Hopefully, when the lyrics become second nature to our youth it will somehow become imbedded in their unconscious.
Everything is as it should be, opening up the guitars to do more than just strum a few chords and hope for the best. It is like Bob Dylan passed them a torch, and when the handoff was completed, they expanded and stretched out into different genres without selling out their own sound.
Is it possible for the band to have more songs inside them to deliver another CD? This is an open-ended question, as the band has left no genre untouched. They have intertwined some jazzy-feeling drum lines on several tracks but fused it with country, rock and even some showtune style sounds.
The progressive rock that they implement throughout this album should be a salute to all the hard work they have put into every release so far. This band has no limits as they have opened themselves and their fans up to so many different styles of music. They have also created their own genre, which is a culmination of everything in music's past. They have redefined melody and picked apart harmonious vocals straining anyone who dares categorize their music.
Mark Foster seems to be the driving force in keeping this release concise, easily pushing each track into the pop music genre. Foster has his hand on the pulse of where pop music used to be and where he and his band mates can take it again. This is a fun and entertaining musical experience that will have longevity into 2012.
If the record company either forces the band back in the studio quickly or keeps them on the road too long this could be their best CD. Do not let that happen, because talent is scarce in the music business with YouTube making stars of our young way before their time. Just wait. they will all be writing a tell-all book in 20 years.
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