Nøthing Møre - Nøthing Møre

Published July 03 2014

*=Staff's pick	Ocean Floor This Is The Time (Ballast)* Christ Copyright Mr. MTV* First Punch Gyre The Matthew Effect I'll Be Ok Here's To The Heartache If I Were Friendly Fire* Sex & Lies Jenny God Went North

Genre	Alternative Rock	Jonny Hawkins	Vocals
Tracks	14	Mark Vollelunga	Guitar
Running time	52 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Eleven Seven Music/ADA Nordic	Daniel Oliver	Bass
Release	23 June 2014	Paul O'Brien	Drums
Country	USA	-	Keyboard
Producer	---
Similar artists	---

Newcomers Nøthing Møre presents American radio friendly modern, alternative rock, as far as I'm concerned. This album is basically based on one outstanding track, the single This Is The Time (Ballast), which definitely comes out strong with a captivating melody and a killer chorus. I'm beginning to think in terms of one-hit wonders and that this band solely is a product. Naturally almost all bands with a label backing them up are products somehow, but this seems more calculated and definite for an immediate effect.

This necessarily doesn't mean that the remainder of the album is anywhere close to poor, but to me most of the record's songs end up being fixed in one bowl of soup. Mind a pair of songs like Mr. MTV and Friendly Fire, which have their moments. The songs are in fact pretty good overall, yet they are unable to constantly throw heavy punches at me and they can't find the way to entrench themselves within my mind and body.

Perhaps my interest in music is closer to what I prefer to call metal, which this effort in most ways is not a product of. It absolutely sounds young, talented and fresh, but still it's a little too mechanical and computerized sonically to fill my needs and after listening to this record up to fifteen times, I can't place it on a really satisfactory level. A few great songs don't make a whole album to me. I'm well aware of that my opinion on this record may differ a lot from the general listeners, so if you like modern rock music that has a sudden effect, but will slowly fade away, I suggest that you give this album a shot.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	4	5	6	6

Summary
5 chalices of 10 - Tobbe