review
an important part of music is just how subjective and up to each person and their experiences it is
something can be ‘objectively’ good but it just might not click with you
there’s also the rare circumstance in which an album meshes perfectly with the emotions you are feeling at the time and it just creates this warm feeling of attachment with it
this was one of those albums for me
i was going through a sort of rough patch while simultaneously trying to find an album to write about when i stumbled into this album on rym and it was somehow my emotional state at the time put into song
the messaging might not have applied to me but the feelings it evoked matched it perfectly
the ability of this album to create that connection highlighted what i like the most about it which is how sincere and from the heart it feels
a large part of these songs have a rather simple structure, but it pairs well with the complex, at times melancholic, at times grand instrumentals
it makes you feel as if you’re with the artist as they dive into their emotions – the complexness comes from the background and really, the ’emotion’ of the track
an example would be one of my favorite songs from the album, we don’t need them
it’s just two short verses and a repeating chorus, but the instrumentals add so much emotion to the song
it has this feeling of hope and independence, and it amplifies the message of the song
the instrumentation throughout the entire album really adds so much to it
whether it be the violin, the cello, the choir, the drums, the triangle, or the horns
it utilizes all of that effectively and uses it to express the feelings of each song very effectively
the album epitomizes the fact that a song is not just the lyrics, not just the structure, and not just the message
it is a mixture of everything to paint a picture that resonates with your listeners
that is not to say that bill is not a good singer which he is – i genuinely love his voice and its performance in this album
this is just a case where the sum is greater than the parts