Partygoing

     Once again at the bargain bin, I picked up this vibrant album most notably because it had a kilt on it. Would you do any different? So we journeyed home and two months later I'm finally reviewing it. Partygoing by Future Bible Heroes is an album full of variety, some good some not. the musical group features two different singers both with two very different voices. The first voice has its own unique style highlighting the more psychedelic triphop aspects of the album, while the other one highly resembles Big Black Delta's Jonathan Bates. The songs that this vocalist sing tend to be slower and calm versus the others of a more pop nature.
     My favorite song was probably the first one called "A Drink is Just the Thing." It's very eloquent and mesmerizing while keeping composure of a more upscale era. The song is also only a minute and 27 seconds long, so I can assume that it was meant as more of an into than a full-length song. This into set my expectations a little high for what I was getting into and none of the rest of the songs seemed to live up to it, primarily because most of the others were of a different genre all together. Tracks like "Sadder Than the Moon" and "Satan, Your Way is a Hard One" really accentuated the Jonathan Bates-tendencies in the second singer's voice and musical style of the song, differing heavily from the intro. Some of the songs seemed pointless such as "Drink Nothing But Champagne" and "Keep Your Children in a Coma." They kept me asking myself 'what if I don't like champagne since I'm only 16" or "what if I don't wanna keep my children in a coma, then what?" The sixth track "All I Care About is You" reminded me immensely of the soundtrack used in the online arcade on the virtual world of tamagotchi. While track seven, "Living, Loving, Partygoing," sounded like indie Christmas music. All in all, the Partygoing was a bit all over the place for me to truly enjoy it. I feel like Future Bible Heroes haven't quite established a defined sound with this piece and try to hop from genre to genre hoping we won't notice. Unfortunately, I noticed, but doesn't mean we can't still appreciate this album for its creativity