This is as it should always happen. Relient K, a band once known for little eccentric references’ pop culture flavored pop lyrics with mild God-isms, is now a pop-rock powerhouse. Most former members of the current ones, the band has somehow survived all complications, including 2007’s absolutely terrible output Five Score and seven years ago. Abomination that’s only silver lining is your sneak peak Forget the joy within and not slow down. Singer Matt Thiessen has recovered, with choirs and better emotionally charged songs of his career. But what becomes more evident during Forget and is not slowing its cohesion, that indefinable feeling, when everything is exactly where it should be. A first for the band, as intro”Oasis”e outros as”Flare”create brief moments of reflection before their counterparts continue the noble task of blowing us away. Lucky, welcome to 2009’s Swan Song.
Instantly infectious,”Forget it, not slow down”begins with the words,”How many times can I push aside? - It’s time I befriended all the ghosts of all the things that haunt me most?,”It is Clearly we are in a personal (but thoughtful!) record. A certain level of intelligence expected from Relient K, at this point, so that the real sigh of relief comes when Thiessen Hoopes and leading the charge in an explosive chorus memorable. Some formulas just work, and forget and not to slow down’s mid-tempo, uplifting rock triumph that you can no longer’d think.”I don’t need a soul” Add a bridge to slow down the process so that we can build in a river blue sugar.”A candle light”is a song Mmhmm on steroids with its rattling percussion and oh-so-light choruses. We couldn’t have asked for a more pleasant introduction.
Ma’s be honest, they aren’t really strange left turns for the band. It’s hard to make something stand out after 10 years of doing small rewrites in the same paper. What makes these”Better”by Relient K’s other works is the band’s perseverance in the creation of each song’s mood.”Savannah”is at once the band’s fee lighter and heavier. Abstractly taken the guitar and quietly Thiessen means that could explode at any other radio ready chorus, but the atmosphere remains contained. We’re totally in their hands, following along in awe.”This Is The End”catapults from a piano ballad Antsy album’s harder, punk-est number. Thiessen has a bite in his voice that he recently held under lock and key:”You’re not the first thing in my life I’ve loved and lost - Yeah I’ve done worse things I might be less inclined to shrug off all alone.”Just as on tiptoe behind”Savannah’, we fist pump and burn to the ground s ** t, and”This Is The End”splits around. Apart from classical piano-ish then connects”This Is The End”with closer”(If You Want It)’and don’t be alarmed if you have no idea what to expect. Pop-punk band rarely create real drama, but at first hearing a vibration while you happily exceed anxious tones Thiessen settled on a large string section. Will it trigger or what? He croons,”I’ve been convinced that I’m worth - Cause I’m that is what I’ll convince me to be.”And then it happens, right?
