Carina Round
"Slow Motion Addict" CD
Interscope
Genre: singer / songwriter, rock
/ pop
May 2007 |
Carina Round, Interscope's latest
singer/songwriter catch, really brings on the melody with Slow
Motion Addict, a competent pop/rock album high on hooks and
low on bland bits. I don't know if this will break into the youth
market so much, but it might make a dent in the adult alternative
market and will appeal to fans of Ivy and that ilk. The best
song here is undoubtedly lead single "Come To You," with its
momentous, empowered chorus. I wouldn't be surprised to hear this on a
TV show soundtrack sometime soon. A few of the better songs have a
sort of dark mystery about them, which is a style I encourage
Round to pursue (see "Down Slow," "January Heart," and "The
Disconnection.") Some of the songs do let the listener down a bit ("How
Many Times" is dry, "Takes the Money" has potential but doesn't live
it up, and the title track sacrifices melody for atmosphere), but the
majority of this disc is a lush, catchy body of pop music. Swell! mp3s (from datawaslost.net):
84%
youuuuuuuutube!:
"down slow" video,
live acoustic video of "come to you"
Fun Fact: The release
of Slow Motion Addict was pushed from August 2006 all the way
to May 2007.
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 12 tracks,
45:52, distributed everywhere,
released May 22 2007] |
