Do you Feel somthing missing?
Posted February 08, 2008
By Nathan,
"I won't compromise this thing just to make it" That's what Bryce Avary aka The Rocket Summer, says on his song "A Song is Not a Business Plan" on his latest album Do you feel. And for the most part he keeps that statement true.
The music is a perfect blend of pop and rock, with a lot of original sounding piano influenced tunes also. The album starts off with "Break It Out" a fun up beat song that would have been a hit on his last record Hello Good Friend, but this song is just an ordinary good song on this album. The single "so much love" has a fantastic sound to it, and the title track "do you feel" is no less fantastic of original. "Save" is a fun song, but "all I have" just has a great tune.
The extremely catchy "High Life Scenery", may be the best sounding song on the album, and "A Song is Not a Business Plan" goes in the category also. "Taken aback" and "colors" are both upbeat fun tracks and "waiting" is a little on the light side but is still fun. The softest songs on the album are "Run to You" and "so, in this hour...". There plenty of more up-tempo songs on this album than his last and the songs have a much better flow. Averys voice is also is better on Do you Feel, as his non-typical voice flows much better with his music.
The Lyrics are a little more puzzling. A very positive album but it lacks a lot of spirituality, that his last album had, as this could be a mainstream album with no effort. "So, In This Hour...", "Run to You" and "so much love" could be talking about God as well as a girlfriend. "A Song is Not a Business Plan" and "all I have" are both good songs lyrically, but without God in them. Save is a quailty song that is as good as the lyrics get.
Do you Feel is one catchy album, with fun tunes up and down the album, but the lack of God in his lyrics is annoying. The Rocket Summers music is terrific and original, but it still lacks something very important.
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