The Music

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The Music

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I picked up a copy of the Music today and have listened to it like three times already. I only saw the Music the other day on the Late Show and liked their sound. The lead singer was dancing up a storm and the guitar was constant and full of energy.

After listening to the CD a couple of times, I'm glad I went out and bought it after only catching a single spot by the band on Tv. The Music's lead singer Robert Harvy sounds very much like Perry Farrel of Jane's Addiction, both in the way he sounds and the style of his delivery. The entire CD has the same constant crashing guitars and energy that first got me hooked, with only a few moments to catch your breath on a few brooding slower tempo tracks.

Overall this is an awesome albumn and I hope the band goes big places. I would love to see them perform live as they would totally get any crowd pumping and Harvy just seems to have such powerful stage presence.

I've seen The Music a couple of times in recent months (opening up for The Vines and Coldplay, respectively). I liked what I saw, and bought the CD. This is not a bad album by any stretch of the imagination but it demonstrates again that sometimes it's difficult to catch a band's sound in the studio.

There is much debate about the band's sound, and whether it owes any debt to Led Zep (no IMHO, but lead singer Robert Harvey does bring to mind a young Robert Plant). From the opening track "The Dance" the album is heavy and really doesn't let up. After a while, all the songs start sounding sort of the same, and as a result I find the album to be too long (56 min). Best songs include the single "Take the Long Road and Walk It", "Turn Out the Light" and "Disco". I hope that with future releases the band will open up their sound, and inject some variety.

Live, however, the band sparkles with energy, and playing a tight 40 min. opening set goes by quickly. Very entertaining.