Beach Fossils - Careless
Runs for 3:04
Pretty good track. Instrumentally it's good and keeps you optimistic for the album...
This is a pretty cool post-punk release. Something nice and
early in the year with a good blend of indie and post punk, also with a dash of
dream pop in some instances. It’s a pretty easy listen, and you can tell these
guys have some form of talent, but I'm hesitant to say that this album worth
anything better than a 3/5. Not that I use a rating scale here, but you get the
point.
Some of the music here involves very snappy drums with post
punk guitar, creating a nice retro sound. The vocals are pretty airy and sort
of hover over the instrumentals quite nicely. There are also some slower, more
relaxed tracks and the band executes this style pretty well too. The album opens
pretty strongly with the title track, which if you examine it closely, it seems
to focus on the meaning of post punk itself - what it’s supposed to be about as
words rather than a genre. The opening song ends with repeated lyrics getting
more forceful every loop which seems very forceful and a bit punk styled. It
seems like a clever moment in music, but the rest of the album doesn't really follow
this adventurous approach.
The problem is that it does get a bit same-y. They've got a
very good sound, but it’s no good having an album where you only showcase that
with little variation. The tracks tend to keep rolling with very few changes in
vocal style or guitar riffs, leaving the work for the bass and the guitar. Now
this can come off as pretty interesting, but at the end of the song you’re left
relatively unsatisfied. Sometimes they do change up the guitar and it works
pretty well, but then they leave the bass and the drums doing the same thing
for the rest of the song, leaving you with the same problem as before. If the
album had a few more tempo changes, breaks or more interesting vocal work in most
of the tracks, you’d actually have a phenomenal album on your hands instead of
a listen-able one. There’s also a few moments that sound too similar in terms of
the riff-work which is a bit shit.
Not to say that this is a bad album. It’s full of decent
songs, but they’ll probably be better suited to a playlist or radio play rather
than a proper sit down. These guys have the potential to amount to amazing things
– I’m eager to see if that’ll ever happen.
Beach Fossils - Crashed out
Runs for 3:24
Again, another strong track. Really picks up nicely.
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