Every Monday we update our Editorials section with new Album & Music Reviews! This week we review new albums by The Seed & HB Surround Sound along with a review of Michael Franti & Spearhead’s The Sound of Sunshine
HB Surround Sound – Back To Reality EP
The EP opens on strong footing with the life-shot-in-the-gutter themed Breakdown. Brazen and unabashedly drenched in booze and sweat, the song opens with a wall-of-sound ska-punk attack. Upbeat guitars and walking bass dance around vocalist Jake Bushnell’s desparate lyrics, bemoaning the banality and drudgery of modern life. As Jake Bushnell warns of his imminent psychotic explosion, the rest of the band sounds as if they themselves are ready to self-destruct (in a good way) with exploding distorted guitars and organ rage over a….READ MORE
-Written & Reviewed by: Chris Castro
Michael Franti & Spearhead – The Sound of Sunshine
I’ve read up and learned that Michael Franti was in the hospital recovering from emergency surgery after his appendix burst in summer of 2009. This was much of the motivation behind The Sound Of Sunshine. It is why Franti shifted once-heavy politically charged messages to these upbeat anthems of happiness. The album begins with a ….READ MORE
-Written & Reviewed by: Matt Emodi
The Seed – A Break Away
Listening to The Seed’s latest release, A Better Way, for the past couple of weeks has given me one hell of a case of writer’s block. Usually I’m able to describe music with relative ease, but this time the words just aren’t coming. Perhaps, it’s because listening to this album is the sonic equivalent of the itis. No words, no thoughts, no feelings, just peace. At this very moment, the album’s opening track Head-Band is seeping through my headphones right now, and I can hardly summon to mind any words outside the song’s little mantra, “go with the flow of love…READ MORE
-Written & Reviewed by: Chris Castro
