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Secret Colours
Secret Colours
Independent
It's rare to like every single song on an album equally. You always have favorites that you want to listen to over and over again, songs that you don't mind, but could do without, and even some that you can't stand. Chicago's Secret Colours' self-titled debut, with its fuzzy, laid-back vocals and genre-splicing style, comes very close to being that rare album. The slamming "Redemption" and driving "Let It Go" are both vying for the catchiest track on the album. They have a definite '60s psychedelic vibe going in songs such as the garage rock-ish "Lava" and the hypnotic "Love." Keeping with the '60s vibe, the drugged out "Chemical Swirl," the melodic "SOS" and the grooving "Gravity" highlight the way the vocals sound almost ethereal, floating over the much more physically present instrumentation in many of the tracks. Songs such as the enthralling "Call It Home" are soft and seductive, inviting you in. The album takes on a western feel to it towards the end, with songs such as "Sea" which features the clippity-clopp of horses and the instrumental "Western," which sounds like it could soundtrack a battle scene in the desert of a Quentin Tarantino movie. The album is an intriguing blend of genres that come together brilliantly for one impressive debut.
—Jessica Simons
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