Rewrite The Scene Album Review
Out of Tacoma, Washington, emerges a beautifully balanced chemistry of lyrically impassioned vocal melodies paired with simple, heartfelt, and tasteful songs. The major-label debut by HE IS WE, entitled “My Forever”, is a blend of cozy, sunny day songs, with noticeable amounts of smiles and love. The majority of the songs have the uncanny ability to entice a smile out of the worst of days.
The first track “Forever and Ever” features a simple hook sprinkled with peaceful harmonies and a beat to nod your head to. The next “All About Us” is a mellow love song. Again, we are met with the soothing sound of an ingeniously simple melody paired with the relaxing instrumental. Its the warm your heart up love song.
“And Run” is a much more upbeat feel. I dare you to try to keep your foot from tapping in the intro of this song. Individuality is the message of this feel-good get up and do it song. The next tune, “Blame It On The Rain”, has very simple flowing instrumentation with great melodies. Without a doubt, this is definitely a winner on a rainy day.
Another one of my personal favorites, “Everything You Do” is the most challenging song on the album. By challenging I mean very hard to keep from tapping, grooving, and singing along to. At this very moment, I can’t help but hum along to the harmonies. A feel good love song is just what this album needed halfway through.
“Fall” takes on a different tone. It’s little darker, a little stronger in vocals, and a little angrier in lyrics. Strings meet acoustics and drive this song home. Harmonic melodies make for an amazing icing on the cake if you will. The bridge of this song drops out and allows for the gang-vocal style sing along at the end to feel enormous.
“Happily Ever After” feels like it could be the Z100 radio song on this album. This one is very similar to a pop-star love song. Not to say that it feels like cookie-cut pop, it actually has a very strong HE IS WE feel to it. It is simply the type of song that gets stuck in your head and brings you coming back for more. This one is my favorite on the album.
“Kiss Is Better” immerses you in vivid and impassioned lyrics. Enticing you to think, listen to the lyrics, and imagine the circumstances. This one is very strong and truly engaging. Rarely do you come across a song with a great story in it, and this one happens to nail it. Also, the song does a great job of building and keeping the listener interested, while also keeping things unbelievably simple.
“Love Life” follows next, and is an absolutely great change of pace. “Love Life” is another awesome love-laced song for a summer day. This is a more devious song and seems to question why love is so hard. An “I’m tired of getting hurt” song, without the sad little girl feel. This upbeat tune will have you shaking your head and shoulders while, anyone who was/is/wants to be in love, will laugh and smile at the lyrics.
The last song on the album, “Prove you wrong”, is a strong piano driven song. Another song I can definitely see on the radio. Strong lyrics, great vocals, and you can feel the passion. Song structure is very pop, and instrumentation is reminiscent of many pop-artists who have come before. The hook in this one is strong, but not as strong as many of the other songs on the album. Good way to end the album, as the song ends on a huge note with huge vocals, pounding drums, and swinging violins.
Overall, it is rare that you can come across an entire album that has soothing love songs, foot tapping summer jams, and huge pop ballads. This album’s got it all. The harmonies, melodies, and instrumentation work perfectly with each other to keep you wanting more.
In the end, I’d say grab this album for yourself. Take a listen. Who knows? You may just fall in love.
(Source: Christopher at rewritethescene.com)
The first track “Forever and Ever” features a simple hook sprinkled with peaceful harmonies and a beat to nod your head to. The next “All About Us” is a mellow love song. Again, we are met with the soothing sound of an ingeniously simple melody paired with the relaxing instrumental. Its the warm your heart up love song.
“And Run” is a much more upbeat feel. I dare you to try to keep your foot from tapping in the intro of this song. Individuality is the message of this feel-good get up and do it song. The next tune, “Blame It On The Rain”, has very simple flowing instrumentation with great melodies. Without a doubt, this is definitely a winner on a rainy day.
Another one of my personal favorites, “Everything You Do” is the most challenging song on the album. By challenging I mean very hard to keep from tapping, grooving, and singing along to. At this very moment, I can’t help but hum along to the harmonies. A feel good love song is just what this album needed halfway through.
“Fall” takes on a different tone. It’s little darker, a little stronger in vocals, and a little angrier in lyrics. Strings meet acoustics and drive this song home. Harmonic melodies make for an amazing icing on the cake if you will. The bridge of this song drops out and allows for the gang-vocal style sing along at the end to feel enormous.
“Happily Ever After” feels like it could be the Z100 radio song on this album. This one is very similar to a pop-star love song. Not to say that it feels like cookie-cut pop, it actually has a very strong HE IS WE feel to it. It is simply the type of song that gets stuck in your head and brings you coming back for more. This one is my favorite on the album.
“Kiss Is Better” immerses you in vivid and impassioned lyrics. Enticing you to think, listen to the lyrics, and imagine the circumstances. This one is very strong and truly engaging. Rarely do you come across a song with a great story in it, and this one happens to nail it. Also, the song does a great job of building and keeping the listener interested, while also keeping things unbelievably simple.
“Love Life” follows next, and is an absolutely great change of pace. “Love Life” is another awesome love-laced song for a summer day. This is a more devious song and seems to question why love is so hard. An “I’m tired of getting hurt” song, without the sad little girl feel. This upbeat tune will have you shaking your head and shoulders while, anyone who was/is/wants to be in love, will laugh and smile at the lyrics.
The last song on the album, “Prove you wrong”, is a strong piano driven song. Another song I can definitely see on the radio. Strong lyrics, great vocals, and you can feel the passion. Song structure is very pop, and instrumentation is reminiscent of many pop-artists who have come before. The hook in this one is strong, but not as strong as many of the other songs on the album. Good way to end the album, as the song ends on a huge note with huge vocals, pounding drums, and swinging violins.
Overall, it is rare that you can come across an entire album that has soothing love songs, foot tapping summer jams, and huge pop ballads. This album’s got it all. The harmonies, melodies, and instrumentation work perfectly with each other to keep you wanting more.
In the end, I’d say grab this album for yourself. Take a listen. Who knows? You may just fall in love.
(Source: Christopher at rewritethescene.com)