Hey guys! Did I spook you with that foreboding title? I hope so. Well, sadly this is not a zombie story, or even a Walking Dead fan fiction (because if you know me, then you know that I don't ever write fan fiction). This is an album review (something different, huh?) of Juliet Simms' new album.
I love Juliet Simms! I found her when I was listening to Black Veil Brides on Spotify, and she appeared in my suggestions. Her voice has this amazing quality to it. She's so different from the modern techno music people are obsessed with now. She was the lead singer of Automatic Loveletter, which I haven't listened to much of. I prefer her on her own.
*DISCLAIMER* I don't pretend to know much about music. I'm in my high school marching band, I play the flute, and that's just about it. I consider myself a musician but I don't know much about voice and guitar.
So, overall, I completely loved the album! I'm going to do a more in-depth song-by-song review down below, but these are just some general comments. I really missed the slow-song Juliet from "End of the World" and even "Hallelujah." I think she has such a capacity for emotional, slow, love songs, and I really want her to explore that in her future work. I like the upbeat-ness of most of the songs on this album, but they started to kind of sound the same when you listen to them back-to-back, which is what I did.
And now on to the "song-by-song" portion of today's broadcasting:
"Get Ready" is the first song on the album, and when you're an artist, you want that first song, the first chapter, the first episode to really engage your consumer so they want to listen more, to read more, to watch more. I think Juliet did a really great job of this, however, listening to several upbeat songs in a row was kind of tiring, and I craved a break of some sort. "Get Ready" had a nice Joan Jett, classic rock feel to it, and I loved that. There was a lot of big bass, and her voice had a nice scratchy quality to it, which really fit the feel of the song.
"Say Hello" is the next song. I really like the distinctive feel of this song. It was definitely very Juliet Simms. It had a great beat, and a really nice rock-n-roll feeling to it.
"Tidal Wave" is the third song. I loved the poetic lyrics. They really hit you in the heart: "Not scared of dying/ So sick of trying." I also loved the double meaning/ metaphor of the tidal wave in the song.
"My Last Whiskey Tears" was not my favorite, but only because I know Juliet's range of emotion and her physical singing range are so much better than what she showed us in "Whiskey Tears."
"Trouble Finds You" had that extremely Juliet feel to it. I love the character she talks about in this song. A very high risk, high reward situation.
"Frances" almost made me cry. That's what I love about Juliet's songs: they're so emotional, like she's literally pulling on your heartstrings. I really want to know her inspiration behind this song, because the story in it is so incredibly heart wrenching.
"Phoenix" was the one I was really looking forward to. I was somewhat satisfied, but also somewhat let down. It was more big guitar, "big bass" without much of her slow, metaphorically enhanced feel. I did love the comparison of her to the phoenix, both "waiting to die." It really spoke to so many people.
"Found Missing" was acoustic. I loved the thought of just her up on stage, just her and her guitar. This is also an emotional song.
Thanks for reading!
xoxo,
Eve
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