Friday, February 19, 2010

Review: Lightspeed Champion, Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You

Lightspeed Champion
Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You
A-
Lightspeed Champion’s (aka Devonte Hynes') latest album Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You dropped the first of February and is a great follow-up to 2008’s Falling Off the Lavender Bridge. Life is Sweet! definitely has the rise and fall necessary of a good folk album but separates itself in that Hynes’ lyrics and instrumentals are so pop-like and catchy that this is much more enjoyable than your average folk record. Then there’s “Etude Op. 3 ‘Goodnight Michalek’” which is a seemingly random, minute-forty-nine instrumental clearly rooted in the more classical styles of piano teaching. This particular track seems a little out of place, especially before the slightly more upbeat “Middle of the Dark,” but for some reason it works and therefore I don’t complain. Overall, Life Is Sweet! is a pretty solid album that’s perfect for a chill autumn day or when you’re enjoying missed school days because the snowPOCALYPSE hit America.
Recommended Tracks
: “Faculty of Fears”, “Marlene”, and Madame Van Damme”
--Dominique Barron
Host, "Amurikah = Apple Pie & Fried Chicken," Tuesdays, 6-8 pm on WGTB

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Caroline said...

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yes

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Anonymous said...

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