https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/defractor\/<\/i><\/a>), <\/i>Jacks is back with a second solo album; this time, he’s surrounding themes of love lost, self-destruction, denial, longing, regret, and a handful of other feelings endemic to the human experience.<\/p>\nThe Alaskan wastes no time drawing us in to his electro-pop prowess on the opening tune \u201cIn The Late Dark,\u201d where a buzzing synth delivery finds ’80s post-punk influences amid the dance rock setting, and \u201cKintsu\u201d follows that lead with a darker approach where an anthemic quality exists alongside the strong rhythm and sweet melodica.<\/p>\n
The rest of the album shines bright and moves swiftly, with the ’80s New Wave nods of \u201cToo Emotional\u201d as well as the subdued, dreamy ballad-ish delivery of \u201cDrawn Upon.\u201d Elsewhere, \u201cDo What You Will\u201d radiates warmth around a dense beat of charged synth-pop tinted with sadness, while \u201cStill Your Passenger\u201d really tests the limits of Jacks’ skill with a quick display of precise instrumentation. <\/p>\n
At the end, \u201cOn A Tightrope\u201d offers an ambient adventure of reserved but no less powerful pop, and \u201cYou’re Going To Learn To Love Someday\u201d exits the affair with a full blast of percussion heavy and fuzzy landscapes that is nearly impossible to forget. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the impetus for this installment of tunes was rooted in tragedy; someone close to Jacks took their own life. Understandably, there are some dense themes explored with In Other Words,<\/i> and the music is equally thoughtful with a kaleidoscope of ideas that are unpredictable and innovative. If there’s a better artist playing synth pop sounds with this amount of substance today, I certainly haven’t heard of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10373],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-45760","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-paul-jacks","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45760","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\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45760"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}