Review: The Go Find, Everybody Knows It's Going To Happen Just Not Tonight

The Go Find
Everybody Knows It's Going To Happen Just Not Tonight
B

Everybody Knows It’s Going to Happen Just Not Tonight is the third album from The Go Find, commandeered by lead singer and guitarist Dieter Sermeus (also a member of Orange Black). The record is suffused with nostalgia-brimming power-pop melodies and lightly strummed chords that effortlessly meld themselves with light euro-electronica beats (at times akin to the sound of The Postal Service, but only in commendable ways; unlike, shall we say, Owl City).
The Go Find, originally started by Sermeus as a solo side-project, has blossomed into a six-member group that produced a seamless album perfect for a breezy, pleasant summer day spent in a backyard. Everybody Knows It’s Going to Happen Just Not Tonight simply runs the risk of being a little too pleasant at times––the downbeat harmonies and beats of 11 nice tracks that all sound exactly the same (nice) will wash over you today, only for you to forget them, come tomorrow, in the vast swathes of the indie-pop-electronica genre. They’re good, they really are; they’re just not memorable.
Strongest tracks: 1 (Everybody Knows It’s Going To Happen Just Not Tonight), 3 (It’s Automatic): both are showcases of the balance The Go Find has mastered between a groove that has you tap your feet and melodies that have you kick back.
--Fiona Hanly
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