Album Review/ Alt Rock : Tom Minor’s ‘Eleven Easy Pieces on Anger and Disappointment’
Tom Minor is an alt rock and pop rock artist. He has a way of stringing social, emotional, and mental health themes with whimsical narratives, satirical presentations, and a carefree humor. His craft holds a modernity in the way he perceives things, novel technique that he applies and a surmounting presence that is very memorable. Tom has been releasing a couple of singles, teasing and introducing the stylistic endeavors of his latest album, ‘Eleven Easy Pieces on Anger and Disappointment’. The collection is an emotional guidebook of sorts that presents perspective along with a lightness that suddenly grows profound.
Tracks like ‘Is Everything Okay?’, ‘It’s the Wind, Stupid!’, and ‘Interstellar Standstill’ were great windows to the artist’s vision going into this album. Each one not only provided great context but also brought in the multifaceted style and atmosphere of Tom Minor. Blending feel good pop rock with acoustics, rap, ballads, into a contemplative plane, he steadily evokes thought without boring you to death.
On the tracks, ‘The Bad Life’ and ‘Saturday Eats Its Young’ Tom Minor collaborates with Creatures of Habit. The former is an edgy, dynamic, melodic rock formation with moments of indie daze and a retro twist. The riffs are luminous and powerful, affecting their texture and tone. Tom’s baritones complement and elevate it. Its warmth and weight add beautifully to the theme. ‘Saturday Eats Its Young’ forms along a similar vein. With country accents, accordion ripples and folk rock landscapes are quite easy to float into. The tracks have that 70s ethos riding into the 90s indie stylings.
Most tracks can be aptly categorised as folk pop ballads. ‘Light Heart Heavy Hand’, ‘Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?’ have that rhythmic flow that is comforting, cozy, and soft like late afternoon sun. There is so much whimsy, so much freedom and creative details that carries us into ourselves. ‘Daydreams come true at Night’ concludes the album. It is performative, in its instrumentals, in the vocals, and in the harmonies, and in the imagery that it evokes. Like Queen’s softer rock ballads or Panic! At the Disco’s more intimate compositions, the track has a deliberate theatrical twist that is very enjoyable. Listen Now!
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