Modern Baseball Album Review

They re whiny cathartic and proud of it.

Modern baseball album review. The nasally vocals and power chord choruses are vintage blink 182 and modern baseball belong to a slew of new bands indebted to the get up kids the promise ring and other second wave emo. Ewald remains the chattier performer with his songs making up the album s darker and drabber sounding front half. At the end of the day modern baseball is a very confessional band with little concern for how deep or thoughtful they sound and i think they are all the better for it.

They are of a high range. And an endearing fixation on run of the mill detail days like this i miss listening to records making coffee together snow globes. The group s second full length album you re gonna miss it all was released on run for cover records in 2014 reaching 97 on the billboard 200.

They re a hybrid of the descendents and the get up kids for the ipod generation and with their sophomore album you re gonna miss it all they conjure up the yearning and angst of being young with. The philadelphia emo band modern baseball s second album features a wealth of infectious songs that are both sharply observed and sharply written. Modern baseball s holy ghost is neither separated to that degree nor is it as unified as the group s first two albums 2014 s you re gonna miss it all and 2012 s sports.

The vocals in the album are sung in a pretty normal way for this variety of music. The usual elements of the modern baseball sound are present and correct. Read any recent interview with modern baseball or watch the documentary the band released charting the run up to and creation of their newest album and the weight behind the words on holy ghost is exposed for all to hear.

Modern baseball are the dorky lovable and eternally lovesick firmly rooted in the present and unafraid to frame their music in that context. As you might expect from a. Simple melodic runs of lead guitar.

Modern baseball s holy ghost asks for difficult things out of its audience space patience and acceptance but demonstrates them as a band with an undeniable sonic ambition and social conscience. Crunchy palm muted power chords. The group toured the united states in early 2014 with the wonder years.