Everyone remembers Dishwalla, right? You know, 1996\u2019s \u201cCounting Blue Cars\u201d \u2013 that song with the chorus \u201cTell me all your thoughts on God \/ \u2018Cause I\u2019d really like to meet her.\u201d You\u2019d undoubtedly remember the song the moment you heard it. And now, the band is back with their first record in 12 years. The original lineup has returned with one main exception: vocalist J.R. Richards is no longer their frontman and has been replaced by a new guy. Despite that, the band has come out a batch of new songs that try to win over their old fanbase while attempting to attract some new ones as well.<\/p>\n
Album opener \u201cSirens\u201d is a bit different for those who remember a lighter band. The new singer isn\u2019t crap, but he doesn\u2019t have the smooth range of Mr. Richards. This isn\u2019t a terrible song, though. \u201cMazelike Gardens\u201d is just okay but it never really feels like it goes anywhere notable; it just kind of sits there, waiting to go forward. \u201cMiles Away\u201d is a decent enough track with some good guitar work and some actually decent vocals. \u201cDon\u2019t Fade Away\u201d is AOR rock from the \u201890s, which unfortunately doesn\u2019t sound too fresh or exciting in the 21st<\/sup> century. I just don\u2019t feel like Justin Fox\u2019s vocals really carry the band all the way like they could.<\/p>\n The rest of the record doesn\u2019t really have much to grab the listener. There isn\u2019t enough to really make us feel like this is the band we remember from the \u201890s, except maybe for the musicianship. \u201cNot Alone\u201d is about the only song here that sounds like it has a decent chance as it\u2019s one of the best in terms of instrumentation here. Everything else just kind of falls flat and never really harkens the band back to their heyday. Maybe they\u2019d be better sticking to the oldies circuit like so many other groups out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10028],"rating":[5614],"class_list":["post-45021","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-dishwalla","rating-rating-c-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45021","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\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45021"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}