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James
Dewees – pretty much everything
After lending out his musically talents to bands like New Found Glory and My Chemical Romance and playing with Coalesce
and the Get Up Kids, James (Reggie) has released his 5th studio album. With the four pervious under his belt this
time he geared up and let everything out. The album follows the subways of New York and the names of the tracks follow that, as they
are stops on the subway. The album begins with “G.” It’s a nice mix of beats as it balances fast and slow
beats and blends in keys with them. It displays right of the bat how raw of an album it is. The vocals are infused with screams.
At the end of the track the keys take over and flow right into “Smith and 9th” which is track 2. It
isn’t as like the previous track vocal wise. There is a nice mix (battle if you will) of 2 voices, but there are no
screaming involved. Track 4, “E,” is a lot like “Smith and 9th.” It has a bit of an Emo-rock
sound to it. Tracks 5 and 6 seem to flow together. Track 5 starts with a piano and adds in very soft vocals that seem to be
very far in the back ground. This flows right into track 6 “L” which seems to be a theme during the album. “L”
is an explosion of sounds. Its heavy, raw, and gets its driving power from the thunderous drums that let the pace. Track 7
“J” is a very cool sounding track. Reggie did something different in this track. Instead of the track being all
pop or emo or heavy they infuse all of them into one track. They switch back and forth between them all. “V” has
a NIN vibe to the music. It also has a lot of guitar work that is highly present in this track unlike others. The screaming
in it does get distracting and lowers the value of the track. Tracks 9 and 10 go back to the tricks of 5 and 6. “Lorimer St.” leads straight into “R.” “R”
has an emo sound to it, almost a MCR sound. Tracks 11 and 12 are linked again. “36th
St.” has more piano sounds and really raspy vocals as “N” is one of the best
on the album. Overall the album is very dark, raw, and sometimes scary sounding. It takes time to get to speed, but after
the first few tracks it gets rolling. The second half sounds much better as a whole. Its an okay album, but it will take a
bit of time to get use to.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
My favorite tracks:
J, V,
and N
Track List:
1.
G
2.
Smith and 9th
3.
F
4.
E
5.
3rd Ave
6.
L
7.
J
8.
V
9.
Lorimer St.
10. R
11. 36th St.
12. N
Website (s): www.reggieandthefulleffect.com
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