Wednesday, February 26, 2014

You're Gonna Miss It All - Album Review

You’re Gonna Miss It All is Pennsylvanian band, Modern Baseball’s sophomore album. Through twelve relatively short songs, lead vocalist, Brendan Lukens, shares his experiences with life. Lukens, being a sophomore in college, makes it easier to relate to his life through song. Partying, breakups, school, stressing about the past and future all play a part in Modern Baseball’s songwriting. Lukens gives a very blunt and bare representation in his music.
For those who did not know, Modern Baseball has a very indy, punk feel to them. Brendan Lukens, the band’s lead vocalist, sings in nasally, nerdy, and at times even whiny voice which surprisingly enough makes all of the instruments come together quite nicely. No band since Weezer could pull off such a nerdy persona and make it work.
Songs like “Charlie Black” and “Timmy Borrows” practically walk you through a break-up. Both songs could be merged into one song, talking about how Lukens deals with his break-up in the day versus the night. The ending of “Charlie Black” produces some reverb fuzz which seamlessly transitions into the next song “Timmy Borrows”. The bare boned, eerily quiet, acoustic track creates a very depressing sound and focuses on how the night brings on different emotion and how it is sometimes harder to cope with issues.
If you have not already done so I would highly encourage you to give You’re Gonna Miss It All a listen. Below I have attached the band’s bandcamp so you can listen to whole thing for free.

John’s Recommend Song List:
Fine, Great
Rock Bottom
Apartment
The Old Gospel Choir

Your Graduation 

http://runforcoverrecords.bandcamp.com/album/youre-gonna-miss-it-all

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