I'd like to thank AJ for choosing this album for a few reasons. First off, I really enjoy Matt Pond PA and secondly, I didn't know about this album. So gold star to AJ. Matt Pond PA (MPP) is one of those bands that I'm almost always in the mood to listen to. Mellow, but with some sway and kick. I touched on this last week with my admiration for voice of The National's singer, but Matt Pond's voice is fantastic as well. I'm really enjoying this album, Closer perhaps my favorite track so far.
Unlike Mr. Molta, I am a complete Matt Pond PA newbie, so I won't make generalizations, and will restrict my opinions purely to Nature of Maps. I am conflicted about this album; on one hand, I do enjoy many of the tracks ("No More" and "Closer" are great), but some songs suffer from over-simplistic and melodramatic lyrics. The best example of this is "The Party," with lyrics like "Sunday night is always bad, Schools not there but you still have, The weekend that you left behind". I did not like that song. Other than not being wowed by certain tracks, the album as a whole does a good job alternating between the mellow and upbeat, and the compositions usually have a richness to them that warrant a second listen. How do the MPP fans feel that this album fits in with the rest of the discography?
Despite the inclusion of the stirngs, it very similar to all other matt pond pa albums. by that, I mean, I enjoy them in a relaxing atmosphere relaxing. One thing that I had forgotten about MPP since the days when I listened to him(them) more consistently, is that the nature of the songs lend themselves to falling into the background. There are only a few MPP songs that stick in my head (Halloween, not on this album, for example). As such, I enjoy MPP when I'm listening to it, but then tend to almost forget about it.
I think that's an apt description. What I find after listening to this album is that, while I do enjoy much of it, I am not incredibly driven to seek out more MPP.
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I'd like to thank AJ for choosing this album for a few reasons. First off, I really enjoy Matt Pond PA and secondly, I didn't know about this album. So gold star to AJ. Matt Pond PA (MPP) is one of those bands that I'm almost always in the mood to listen to. Mellow, but with some sway and kick. I touched on this last week with my admiration for voice of The National's singer, but Matt Pond's voice is fantastic as well. I'm really enjoying this album, Closer perhaps my favorite track so far.
Unlike Mr. Molta, I am a complete Matt Pond PA newbie, so I won't make generalizations, and will restrict my opinions purely to Nature of Maps. I am conflicted about this album; on one hand, I do enjoy many of the tracks ("No More" and "Closer" are great), but some songs suffer from over-simplistic and melodramatic lyrics. The best example of this is "The Party," with lyrics like "Sunday night is always bad, Schools not there but you still have, The weekend that you left behind". I did not like that song. Other than not being wowed by certain tracks, the album as a whole does a good job alternating between the mellow and upbeat, and the compositions usually have a richness to them that warrant a second listen. How do the MPP fans feel that this album fits in with the rest of the discography?
Despite the inclusion of the stirngs, it very similar to all other matt pond pa albums. by that, I mean, I enjoy them in a relaxing atmosphere
relaxing. One thing that I had forgotten about MPP since the days when I listened to him(them) more consistently, is that the nature of the songs lend themselves to falling into the background.
There are only a few MPP songs that stick in my head (Halloween, not on this album, for example). As such, I enjoy MPP when I'm listening to it, but then tend to almost forget about it.
I think that's an apt description. What I find after listening to this album is that, while I do enjoy much of it, I am not incredibly driven to seek out more MPP.
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