Artist: Lightspeed Champion Album:
Falling Off The
Label:
Domino
Synopsis: What we have here is Devonte Hynes' first full length as a solo artist. Hynes
was formerly in the band Test Icicles. This album is basically Hynes making
some pop-folk music with many of his famous friends, like The Faint's drummer
Clark Baechle, members of Cursive and Tilly and the Wall, and back up vocals by Emmy the Great.
The music is pretty good, save for the fact that it has all been done before
and it sounds exactly like Bright Eyes. It stinks that the best songs have
profanity, because this music is right up KTSW's
alley.
Recommended Tracks:
*2. "Galaxy Of
The Lost" – A pretty pop track, that starts with a sweet violin intro
and then turns into a sort of alt-country, piano diddy.
Nice
*9. "Dry Lips" – This
sounds like a euro-pop song, which makes sense, since Hynes is from
*10. "Everyone I Know Is Listening
To Crunk" – A very upbeat pop/folk song,
with a sort of twangy guitar
in the background and angelic female backing vocals making some oohs and aahs.
11. “Let The B*tches
Die” – This song adds some banjo to the formula. A faster banjo riff
characterizes this song, which slows down in some places for ambient guitar
solos.
Rating (1-10): 7
Reviewed By:
Rand Renfrow
* - currently being played on KTSW