Music has high tasks. With the evolution of technology and genre, it's difficult for a band to, well, exceed expectations; in some cases, it's very hard for an individual to exceed expectations. One requires not just innovation, but an intuitive self-discipline. A manic show of soundscapes battling talent, production quality versus song writing is often the spectacle modern music is reduced to. As disappointing as that is, there are occasional don't reduce themselves or, alternatively, attempt to go beyond their potential or overdo it. Pat Grossi, aka, Active Child, is one of the rare successes...
Pat Grossi plays harp. He does synthesizers. He uses them to make music. And the result is nothing short of magnificent...
The best way to imagine You Are All I See is a modern interpretation of classic ideas. Think of it as a contemporary innovation applied to rebirth simplistic music knowledge...
Active Child is your music class with creativity. Active Child is an amalgamation of revolutionist approaches on overused instruments and sounds. Active Child is a variety of appealing descriptions, but still doesn't quite complete what one feels it began, be that a positive or negative thing. You Are All I See is impressive, but its substance sometimes feels substandard. The opening track is grasping, Playing House (featuring gloomy R&B artist How to Dress Well) and High Priestess carry the first half of the album and, because of that, it soars. Beautiful textures with an array of talents on display give it a copiousness rare in most other albums. But, as always, interest will wain as the album continues...
Pat Grossi's voice is very fitting and the quiet falsetto defines his music very well. But by "Way too Fast," it borderlines a tedious quality. It has very little to do with his voice, but the context. Perhaps bringing in a guest artist should have been reserved for the second half of the album as the refreshing quality of it could have produced a substantial amount of variety to continue to carry it. It's not that the second half is bad, however, it simply lacks in comparison to the first. But that's a common fault with most albums, no? In an ADD generation, it's natural to tire of a band after some of their best material is complete. It's because of this albums by bands as varied as Sigur Ros and Vampire Weekend can succeed with their albums. They promise something to keep you listening, and the enticing works. Whether it's that one or two song(s) or whether it's a climax to conceptual piece, anything of the sort, is not of importance. It's just that You Are All I See doesn't really go beyond what it establishes itself as...
Overall, the album is a refreshing vision of music itself. It's unfortunately the standards that the album itself imposes that makes it seem like a disappointment at times...
It's because of this that it's rendered as that median album; it's one of those albums that is a step or two away from some impressive territory unseen before, but won't reach it without polish and patience. I want the second album to exceed what this has established. I want Pat Grossi to find himself a comfortable territory and be incredible within it because a man may win a race among others, but pit him against different (not better, different) competition, and it will not have the same result.
Pat Grossi plays harp. He does synthesizers. He uses them to make music. And the result is nothing short of magnificent...
The best way to imagine You Are All I See is a modern interpretation of classic ideas. Think of it as a contemporary innovation applied to rebirth simplistic music knowledge...
Active Child is your music class with creativity. Active Child is an amalgamation of revolutionist approaches on overused instruments and sounds. Active Child is a variety of appealing descriptions, but still doesn't quite complete what one feels it began, be that a positive or negative thing. You Are All I See is impressive, but its substance sometimes feels substandard. The opening track is grasping, Playing House (featuring gloomy R&B artist How to Dress Well) and High Priestess carry the first half of the album and, because of that, it soars. Beautiful textures with an array of talents on display give it a copiousness rare in most other albums. But, as always, interest will wain as the album continues...
Pat Grossi's voice is very fitting and the quiet falsetto defines his music very well. But by "Way too Fast," it borderlines a tedious quality. It has very little to do with his voice, but the context. Perhaps bringing in a guest artist should have been reserved for the second half of the album as the refreshing quality of it could have produced a substantial amount of variety to continue to carry it. It's not that the second half is bad, however, it simply lacks in comparison to the first. But that's a common fault with most albums, no? In an ADD generation, it's natural to tire of a band after some of their best material is complete. It's because of this albums by bands as varied as Sigur Ros and Vampire Weekend can succeed with their albums. They promise something to keep you listening, and the enticing works. Whether it's that one or two song(s) or whether it's a climax to conceptual piece, anything of the sort, is not of importance. It's just that You Are All I See doesn't really go beyond what it establishes itself as...
Overall, the album is a refreshing vision of music itself. It's unfortunately the standards that the album itself imposes that makes it seem like a disappointment at times...
It's because of this that it's rendered as that median album; it's one of those albums that is a step or two away from some impressive territory unseen before, but won't reach it without polish and patience. I want the second album to exceed what this has established. I want Pat Grossi to find himself a comfortable territory and be incredible within it because a man may win a race among others, but pit him against different (not better, different) competition, and it will not have the same result.
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