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God this is an awful album.
Sorry, we know that our tastes may not be the same as everyone else’s
and that we should review music on its own merit, but it’s just not
possible to review ‘How To Save A Life’ without coming to the conclusion
that, no matter how you look at it, this stinks.
Currently riding a wave of popularity thanks to the album’s title
single, America’s The Fray dabble in the sort of piano-laden, melancholy
ballads that bring grown men to their knees, not because their beauty
tugs at the heart and soul or anything like that, but because each track
is just sheer, utter torture.
The album kicks off with ‘All At Once’, a slightly sprightly effort
mixing up-tempo snares and minimal guitars with a vocalist who sounds
like a cross between Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz and Matchbox 20’s Rob
Thomas.
On paper, this sounds pretty promising yet, in stereo, it’s what can
only be described as weak, watered down tosh that seems specifically
designed to trigger an epidemic of depression the world over.
Now, for those of you who have already heard the band’s massive single,
‘How To Save A Life’ and are wondering what the hell we’re talking
about, let’s just take a minute to say that this song is indeed
brilliant, but it’s the only thing on the entire album that is, a sure
sign that The Fray are destined for One-Hit-Wonderdom.
And if they do release anything else from this LP, expect pap like the
Diet-Coldplay ditty of ‘She Is’ or ‘Little House’ which, with its silly
little rock riffs lumped into yet another bland piano ballad, can only
be the band’s idea of a joke.
Sorry folks, but if you do happen to like this album, then please get in
touch with us and explain why.
Maybe it’s just us, but after that we need to go and have a little cry
and figure out where they keep the good music hidden around here.
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