On this solo record by Saigon Kick guitarist and songwriter Jason Bieler, he takes what he used on the last few SK records and tries to go down a different path than his metal band.<\/p>\n
From the onset, \u201cKeep Calm and Carry On\u201d is a throwaway pop song, something one would\u2019ve found on Water<\/i> or one of those lesser Saigon Kick records. While \u201cSatellite\u201d is a decent enough song with some good vocals, there\u2019s really nothing grand or spectacular about this disc.<\/p>\n
\u201cViolent World\u201d is a bit more experimental and shows Bieler stretching out a bit with decent results; nothing outstanding but solid enough. The same thing goes for \u201cLed by Voices,\u201d which feels like something off of The Lizard<\/i> but the track is just ok; with a few exceptions, there really isn\u2019t a whole lot that\u2019s eye-opening or mind blowing to be found here.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, \u201cNo Real Goodbyes\u201d is a real standout; good vocals, excellent piano work and just an all-around great vibe — really one of the more fantastic tracks Bieler has done that isn\u2019t on Bandcamp. The closing track \u201cTrue North\u201d is a nice little electronic ballad and is a nice way to end things here. Definitely shows how interesting of a writer and musician Bieler is and makes nice use of his talents. <\/p>\n
Ultimately, the album isn\u2019t one of the best records of the year, not by a longshot, but a decent enough disc anyway that\u2019s worthy of a few plays for a couple of tracks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10092],"rating":[5619],"class_list":["post-45141","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-jason-bieler","rating-rating-c"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45141","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=45141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45141"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}