To the fans of Neil Finn, he not only was a founding member of
\nthe Australian band Crowded House, he
\nwas<\/i> Crowded House. This could be why his first solo release,<\/p>\n
Try Whistling This<\/i>, seems to have a lot of the flavor of his
\nold band – but for those who weren’t into Crowded House, this is a
\nflavor that takes some time to get a taste for.<\/p>\n
Finn’s quirky style of pop doesn’t follow any particular style.
\nFrom the sparse arrangements of “Last One Standing,” “Sinner” and
\nthe title track to the all-out joyful noise of “She Will Have Her
\nWay” and “Truth,” the listener is challenged at every turn by
\nFinn.<\/p>\n
Upon one listen,
\nTry Whistling This<\/i> might sound like a collection of Crowded
\nHouse throwaways. However, the more one listens to this album, the
\nmore apparent its beauty is. The haphazard rolling of “Twisty Bass”
\nlocks a tempo into your ear, and it’s hard to shake it, while songs
\nlike “Truth” and “Astro” are almost perfect candidates for radio
\nairplay, as is “She Will Have Her Way”. Only near the end of the
\nalbum does the formula become a little strained; tracks like
\n“Addicted,” while solid, just tend to weaken the base of the
\nalbum.<\/p>\n
In fact, it is when Finn’s music is a little more lively that
\nTry Whistling This<\/i> clicks. Tracks like “Loose Tongue” stick
\nout in the mind more than tracks like “King Tide”; in a sense, it’s
\nalmost like Finn is trying to re-create the magic of “Don’t Dream
\n(It’s Over)” from his Crowded House days. It almost would have been
\nbetter, in cases like this, for Finn to totally forget his part in
\nmusic’s history and try to carve out a new road for himself.<\/p>\n
The only real weakness of
\nTry Whistling This<\/i> is that it’s not the easiest album for
\nnew fans to approach. If you’re not familiar with his past work,
\nyou’re not going to get as much enjoyment out of this album on one
\nlisten. (I listened to the whole album four times before I started
\nto appreciate many of the tracks – and I’m admittedly not a big
\nCrowded House fan.)<\/p>\n
\nTry Whistling This<\/i> does solidify Finn’s position as one of
\nAustralia’s premiere songwriters, but the album proves that until
\nhe can appease the masses with his music, he should put any plans
\nof world domination on hold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7482],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-39171","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-neil-finn","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39171"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39171"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}