Saturday, April 13, 2019

i'm going to guess that this is probably a fake band and that the parent(s) are probably directly involved in not just the business aspect but also in creating the music. the intent was probably to try to appeal to a younger audience by getting the kids to front it, but the irony is that this really isn't a style of music you'd expect kids to listen to - it's adult contemporary pop. it's not the complexity or the quality that i'm grappling with in assigning this to the kids, it's the style; it sounds like somebody in their 40s or 50s trying to morph an appeal to a young audience out of a pre-existing musicology degree, rather than something actually written by young people.

and, it's kind of weird to have a brother-sister duo collaborating in this way, as well.

i actually think there's some potential for some more abstract writing in some of the fragments, rather than in the pop pieces, but it's not obvious that the project is going to move in that direction.

you might find it a little bit bland, but your mom might like this....

https://tennyson.bandcamp.com/album/uh-oh