Feed Me Jack ''Chumpfrey'' (2012)

This was one of the first records and bands I've been introduced to by a good online friend of mine (you know who you are :D), originally the Math Rock or Prog Rock feel and poppy influences on the album were a bit overwhelming, but since my first listen more than half a year ago I've really grown on this genre and more specifically this set of songs. One of my few complaints on this album, the songs don't connect or flow with each other too well, the sound is there and individually I love all of these songs, the record just lacks cohesiveness, there are tons of fun quirks to find and discover on this record though. Speaking of quirks, after doing a tiny bit of research before writing this I've found this debut album was actually released in 2012 and not 2015 like Spotify tells us.

Wonderful, jazzy, groovy, Indie band is what you might think listening to this record, but that description is informative at best and very underwhelming to anyone who has listened to it before. With smooth basslines and twinkly percussive work laying a good and supportive background to push the infectious clean electric guitar forward this band knows what they're doing with their dynamic. With melodic picking, tapping and rhythmic phrases the guitar takes the front spot, bass and drums aren't the only thing supporting it though, we can't forget about the 3 man harmonics and singing, with slightly mismatched voices it sounds hard to believe that they could produce something so magical, yet they know how to perfectly play off of each other, creating some incredibly catchy hooks.

Undermining the genius song writing isn't something we should do either, these lyrics play off of the jazz like feel really well, but apart from lyrics they create some impressive and immersive textures of pin point rhythmic changes for you to lose yourself in. This record isn't all mystifying, complex musical work though, we get given a good amount of slower paced, less note filled spacious time too, often accompanied by soft waves of synths and more simple percussions and guitar picking. The main thing making all these songs special is their unique quirks, Rosies gets given a funky start with some keyboard notes, Until Then manages to catch one of the catchiest riffs, Jelly The Queen receives more funkiness in it's starting notes and outro. I would love to explain all of these but I simply don't have the time

10/10