Here We Go Again is the new album by Seattle based wallpaper Indie rockers AudioGust, whose main man Chris Evans, no not the Ginger irritant, but the one who played in a bunch of Seattle bands that the press release doesn't name in the 80's and 90's, he's back with a new project, that is clearly not aimed at people like me. Sadly this is a bland album of background music, that has taken a couple of attempts to be able to listen too all the way through. This might have worked if Audiogust was a proper band, with the tension that this album needs to work properly. But the only assistants Chris Evans had were additional vocals from Liliana Tani and Leslie Irish Evans. I love the artwork for this album.
The album opens with the title song Here We Go Again a gently pill popping, power poppy indie tune that has a bit of a Proclaimers feel musically, while they hope you pop round for another visit, so you can have one more go round, the backing vocals sound gently auto tuned, but not so much as to sound totally treated, just to help make it sound a bit more soft rock.
Bubble In Your Champagne is what they want to be for that girl who loves everyone she meets, they want to be more than that notch on your post, this song is far too bland to achieve that goal, she will have forgotten you 20 seconds after the song finishes, Chris Evans sounds properly desperate for your affections, like he'll even allow you to mix him up with the ginger twat Chris Evans.
I'm glad Audiogust claim I Like Falling Down as they won't mind me saying I find this album ever so background, this song is perfect to allow anyone who wants to kick them on the way down, to have a go.
Seattle is a love letter to his home town, wanting to get home from tour, to get back to that special person, who may have been everywhere else, he wants you back in town, I hate to say this, but I doubt that this will have her/him running to your arms, to see whatever it is you keep saying you need to see.
Whole Heart jumps out, with its dirty greasy bass riff, it has more edge than the rest of the album put together, a bit of a fist pumping anthem, he's singing with his Whole Heart and he wants the whole world to hear it. Just about hooky enough that it might stick in your head, hoping he can sing it to a full venue rather than to an empty bar.
Tomorrow Is Mine is a searing, searching inspirational ballad, for someone who wants to claim the future as there's, well anything has to be better than the present, it sounds like it should be on a inspirational playlist for college students, the sort of playlists the parents make to get the kids to make something of themselves, playing out over some insipid teen melodrama on tv.
Bright Yellow is far shinier than the song itself, that has nice enough harmonies but are we really going to be singing along shouting Bright Yellow back at him, only if living in a Friends style world is your ideal.
Never Gonna Let You Go well if you're that sort of coercive controller of your partners, we had better stage an intervention, so you don't have to live inside his mind anymore, we had better help you to get free of Audiogust now. Quick slip out the door when he tries to go ska pop on the breakdown.
Dead To Me has Liliana Tani taking the lead vocals on this bitter song of being ghosted by your latest hook up, with the slow dubby bits being rapped over with the bitter recriminations, realizing she should never have gone out with you in the first place, you weren't ever worth a couple of days.
Unspoken is a soft acoustic building ballad of being dumped yet again, we all know why, they wanted to be with someone a bit more interesting, it builds into a drive time anthem of the road for an argument you think you've won.
How You Been? Should be a super heavy dub tune with the odd interjection, reverbed heavily of the title, with a heavy Jamaican accent. Sadly this is a beige Maroon 5 style song for the friend he lost in the better days.
Something To Remember asks if you'd like to spend some time with him, well for me that's a no thanks, I will not be redefining any paradigms with him or watching the stars align, I'll be off doing something less boring instead, I will soon forget this album.
Award Show does he actually want to have to sit and suffer through an Award Show, being deluded into thinking he might actually win a prize, another meaningless bauble, thankfully he states he knows he isn't worth awarding anything too, at least this is honest.
The album closes with Keep Holding On hoping you can find one good song on this album, Whole Heart would be the one I'd suggest, this is one of the blandest songs I've heard on the subject, trying to Keep Holding on with this song, it's unlikely to work. Sorry this album doesn't connect to me. All I want to do is let go of it as soon as it ends.
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