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.
The songs have reverted away from the pop length and gone back to longer, extremely impeccable, no-holds-barred tracks. The opening song, "Pebbles And Marbles", lets the listener know they are in for the long haul and need to be prepared for a journey in musical diversity.
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.
Moving into each new track, it is obvious that they know the sound they want to be remembered for, but at the same time are not afraid to move into different music while never giving up their musical integrity. Each track offers the listener something new while taking a tour of music's past. "Comanche" is not the greatest lead-in for their first release, but it lets you know they are not willing to just put out a record of music but a record that will have the listener growing as each new track is experienced.
Some credit should be dealt to the four people who are listed as producers. Each having their hand dipped into the writing process and keeping with the theme so as to produce an all around incredible Top 40 recording.
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.
The songs have reverted away from the pop length and gone back to longer, extremely impeccable, no-holds-barred tracks. The opening song, "Pebbles And Marbles", lets the listener know they are in for the long haul and need to be prepared for a journey in musical diversity.
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.
Moving into each new track, it is obvious that they know the sound they want to be remembered for, but at the same time are not afraid to move into different music while never giving up their musical integrity. Each track offers the listener something new while taking a tour of music's past. "Comanche" is not the greatest lead-in for their first release, but it lets you know they are not willing to just put out a record of music but a record that will have the listener growing as each new track is experienced.
Some credit should be dealt to the four people who are listed as producers. Each having their hand dipped into the writing process and keeping with the theme so as to produce an all around incredible Top 40 recording.
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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