“Isn’t it tragic \/ isn’t it something?” are the first words on June’s Make it Blur.<\/i> As it turns out, this release is tragic, and it’s something — a collection of 12 emo rock songs that try and fail to draw the listener into June’s world. <\/p>\n
While guitarist \/ vocalist Tim Brennan has a great voice, there’s not a lot of exciting or attention-grabbing music. The lyrics are mediocre, as when Brennan sings on “Just Don’t Let Go” that “You are not alone \/ so hold on and don’t let go \/ You are not alone.” Not much to get excited about, and while lesser lyrics have been written, the music behind the words isn’t able to shoulder the burden. <\/p>\n
I listened to this release multiple times, waiting for a connection, but I’m still disconnected. The lyrics in “Machine And The Line” and “Just Don’t Let Go” are the perfect exmaple of what sinks this release: “We can make this right for the first time \/ we’re moving ahead \/ we are close to the end of your line \/ you’ll follow instead.” What is there to care about when you hear those lyrics? Nothing. <\/p>\n
And that makes it harder for the rest of the band. Drummer Mark Sutor, guitarist Mark Palacz and bassist AJ Brown have a solid foundation. The music is upbeat at times and shifts according to what Brennan is singing about, but there’s just not a lot of interesting ideas. “Sight For Sore Eyes” should have been faster because Sutor’s snare on all four beats sounds like the song is too slow. It’s the strangest effect. <\/p>\n
There is no peak on this album. The press kit hypes this band as one of their genre\u2019s most infectious and exciting band, but I beg to differ. I don’t think I’ll listen to this disc again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":28975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8034],"rating":[5616],"class_list":["post-40481","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-june","rating-rating-d"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40481","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40481"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}