Happy weekend, everyone!
This album, "Thriving Ivory" by Thriving Ivory, is one of my favorite alternative rock albums of the last few years for a couple reasons.
One of those is melody and instrumentation. Every song is really catchy and very angst-y in a non-emo way. In other words, this is really emotional alt rock without the overly whiney characteristics of a lot of standard emo rock (I think that the album cover is a pretty fair representation of this). This album is full of great guitar licks and great piano rhythms.
Building on these melodies are some of the catchiest choruses around. Every. Single. One. I would be shocked if, after listening to the album the first time through, you aren't gripped by the urge to listen to it again and sing along with the choruses. They're absolutely infectious.
This album does come with a bit of a "This is an acquired taste" disclaimer due to the vocalist's voice. It's not a singer's voice, and though he sings in tune and very well, it's in a scratchy voice that took me a while to get used to.
Once you do, however, this is great cloudy day music to float away into.
My three favorite songs on the album are "Angels On the Moon," "Alien," and "Hey Lady."
Here's a link to their Myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/thrivingivory/music
Until next time, spread word about the blog and enjoy all the music out there,
Andrew
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