When I listened to the first song all I could think was 'this stuff sounds exactly like what they overplay on the radio.' Not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation. San Francisco is actually a fine song in my opinion, it just wouldn't take many listens for it to become hackneyed and played out. The second track was more or less the same, although here I noticed that there is a lot going on musically with different instruments and rhythms. This was also evident in the first song, however the way all the instruments work together makes the music sound quite simple so it is very easy to overlook its complexity; I have to give The Mowgli's props for that. Waiting For The Dawn's title track was fun to listen to, but it also sounded as if they were trying too hard to find a Black Keys single dominating guitar-riff sound. The fourth track, and just about everything after it, sounded like the soundtrack at the end of a romantic comedy where the lead actress smiles at the lead actor and with the reassuring upbeat music, the audience knows everything is going to work out okay. Traditionally, these moments in romantic comedies only last about 30 seconds, so it was a little dismaying to listen to 50 minutes of it. The fifth song reassured this even further because there was actual cheering as part of the song, complete with over-the-top, carefree whistling. Track six was a ballad where you kept expecting something to happen but it never did; it's just three and a half minutes of repetitiveness. The first six songs pretty much wrap up all the diversity in Waiting For The Dawn. Everything after that can be divided into one of those six categories. All in all, just your everyday average indie band, where back in 2003 I might be reveling in my find, but today certain moguls of their genre are given way too much airplay and there just isn't enough room for smaller up-and-coming bands like The Mowgli's. Sad, but true.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Waiting For The Dawn
Waiting For The Dawn sets itself up on this bright sunny day featuring a drumset on the beach. I found the contradiction between the title and image interesting, and the theme endearing, so I picked it up on my last trip to the bargain bin. I later realized I was probably drawn to this album by the nostalgia of the band's name, The Mowgli's, which for me, being a 90's kid, invokes the classic Disney movie The Jungle Book where Mowgli is the main character's name. Though a beach and a jungle couldn't be more different.
When I listened to the first song all I could think was 'this stuff sounds exactly like what they overplay on the radio.' Not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation. San Francisco is actually a fine song in my opinion, it just wouldn't take many listens for it to become hackneyed and played out. The second track was more or less the same, although here I noticed that there is a lot going on musically with different instruments and rhythms. This was also evident in the first song, however the way all the instruments work together makes the music sound quite simple so it is very easy to overlook its complexity; I have to give The Mowgli's props for that. Waiting For The Dawn's title track was fun to listen to, but it also sounded as if they were trying too hard to find a Black Keys single dominating guitar-riff sound. The fourth track, and just about everything after it, sounded like the soundtrack at the end of a romantic comedy where the lead actress smiles at the lead actor and with the reassuring upbeat music, the audience knows everything is going to work out okay. Traditionally, these moments in romantic comedies only last about 30 seconds, so it was a little dismaying to listen to 50 minutes of it. The fifth song reassured this even further because there was actual cheering as part of the song, complete with over-the-top, carefree whistling. Track six was a ballad where you kept expecting something to happen but it never did; it's just three and a half minutes of repetitiveness. The first six songs pretty much wrap up all the diversity in Waiting For The Dawn. Everything after that can be divided into one of those six categories. All in all, just your everyday average indie band, where back in 2003 I might be reveling in my find, but today certain moguls of their genre are given way too much airplay and there just isn't enough room for smaller up-and-coming bands like The Mowgli's. Sad, but true.
When I listened to the first song all I could think was 'this stuff sounds exactly like what they overplay on the radio.' Not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation. San Francisco is actually a fine song in my opinion, it just wouldn't take many listens for it to become hackneyed and played out. The second track was more or less the same, although here I noticed that there is a lot going on musically with different instruments and rhythms. This was also evident in the first song, however the way all the instruments work together makes the music sound quite simple so it is very easy to overlook its complexity; I have to give The Mowgli's props for that. Waiting For The Dawn's title track was fun to listen to, but it also sounded as if they were trying too hard to find a Black Keys single dominating guitar-riff sound. The fourth track, and just about everything after it, sounded like the soundtrack at the end of a romantic comedy where the lead actress smiles at the lead actor and with the reassuring upbeat music, the audience knows everything is going to work out okay. Traditionally, these moments in romantic comedies only last about 30 seconds, so it was a little dismaying to listen to 50 minutes of it. The fifth song reassured this even further because there was actual cheering as part of the song, complete with over-the-top, carefree whistling. Track six was a ballad where you kept expecting something to happen but it never did; it's just three and a half minutes of repetitiveness. The first six songs pretty much wrap up all the diversity in Waiting For The Dawn. Everything after that can be divided into one of those six categories. All in all, just your everyday average indie band, where back in 2003 I might be reveling in my find, but today certain moguls of their genre are given way too much airplay and there just isn't enough room for smaller up-and-coming bands like The Mowgli's. Sad, but true.
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