BeauKnows

I will start with, I am all for innovation, artists redefining themselves or exploring new avenues throughout the course of their career. I have defended many mainstream artists efforts over the last few decades. I also used to be very deep into the electronic and deep house music scene and truly appreciate and energize with that music, but there is something off with this outing.

First, this was 5 years since arguably one of Kevin’s best efforts in ‘Slow Rush,’ so with that ... read more

I am relatively newer to ‘I Prevail’ having listened to more recent outings and having seen some major shifts within their overall sound, another shift has emerged. It comes in the form of otherwise old news that lead singer Brian was removed, left, ousted, lack of a better term, no longer in the band and with this change, I know myself and many others were curious how this would turn out and how will such a big lineup change impact this 4th outing?

Well, after the first single, ... read more

In this most recent outing, Ed is blending cross-cultural sounds on a handful of tracks that work incredibly well. Bringing a new(ish) sound to his already established one, it works seamlessly. We hit a rather somber and low energy zone with ‘Autumn Variations’ and ‘Subtract’ but ‘Play’ brings the energy back that Ed can provide with tracks such as Azizam, Sapphire, Opening, Symmetry, and Don’t Look Down. We hit familiar territory with deep lyricism and ... read more

The boys are back and rather quickly, turning around a year later from ‘Clancy’ and potentially, well probably, deliver the best album since ‘Trench.’ I will even go to say, this album, experimentally, sonically, lyrically and vocally, surpasses ‘Trench’ as their magnum opus. So many aspects from this album answer my “I wish Clancy would’ve done this” and then some, the production is vastly improved, the tone is morose, yet optimistic, ... read more