You may be wondering why a post so late/early, but too many activities went down this afternoon and tomorrow is going to be crazy due to no school for MAYFEST. So here goes.
"We began working on this record when we were nineteen years old and had just finished our freshman year of college. D.A. was squatting in our friend Ko's summer dorm housing and Max would drive to campus each morning so that we could spend the day performing on the street. In our downtime and at night, we started writing the songs for "Love the Future."
Four years, countless all-nighters, tens of sleepovers at each others' parents' houses, thousands of dollars of our own money, three record deal offers, two diplomas, a year in L.A., unspeakable amounts of other peoples' money, six tours, and a few girlfriends later - it's done. We have agonized over every detail of this album, from the tiniest sonic nuance to the beautiful packaging that Francesco Carrozzini and Nick Dart helped us realize, and we're very proud to present it to you."
You can tell that the guys of Chester French did work hard on this album. The production and musicology is different than what I've ever heard of. It's not your typical synthesized beats that you hear so often these days. There are complex layers of sounds that mesh really well. And there's a variety of these meshes throughout the whole cd. At one point in a song it's all happy and then the next it can have a deep darker tone...it's pretty genius if you ask me.
The cd. is a lot different from their mixtape, so just beware of that. They do include "Jimmy Choos" and "She Loves Everybody" on the cd but the other songs' sounds are more chill, darker and softer. I guess when you're talking about love, things do tend to get a little soft.
I did a little run through of some songs. Not too detailed but I just jotted down notes while i was listening/ studying for my test on wed (who gives a test on the day after mayfest?).
*intro- spanish or some other language i've heard (bad that i can't pin point)? por que?
*Cmon- sound a lot like mixtape songs.
*Bebee Buell-- more hard beginning but the addition of repeated keyboard chords softens it a lil. " This ain't groupie love. you mean more to me."
*Fingers--pretty hilarious. white boy plainly and clearly saying "you're so fresh. you're fresh to death.. but you've turned your tricks made such a mess"
*Country interlude- debbie downer much?then around 2:40 it's sounds like a kids wooden xylophone so it's more playful but still had a dark tone. throw in "live between her thighs" ...new favorite line for singers? hmm this long ass song kinda sounds like a song my sister would make me listen to.
*Beneath the veil---lil johnny cash-ish. like the little tap dancish sound in it...did they read my review with josh and how he wanted to use that in his music? ha
*Neal- more upbeat. keyboard sounds like stevie back in the day. The repeated line of "get a girlfriend and take her to the zoo" is just great to me.
*Not over you-some parts of the beat remind me of video game sounds. "i try to do what i got a do but i'm not over you i try to say what i gotta say but im not thru"...gun shot at 3:20...lil dramatic...no?
*Sleep-haha weird voices within in last 45 secs. if high that would freak you out.
So there's my break down. Go out and buy it! It's a good listen.
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