Blunt Mechanic’s premiere LP has some catchy points. Ben Barnett has a vaguely happier Elliott Smith-like voice, and puts out a neon beat showing in the second track, “Thrown Out At Third”, one of the album’s highlights. While always listenable, the album for me goes in and out, it has some really catchy songs, and others just fall flat of my attention span. Pretty soft lo-fi indie stylings, nothing ground breaking, but some interesting transitions and arrangements happening here and there. The slight killer for me is that the last track “Get Home Safe” sounds like a weak adaptation of Andrew Jackson Jihad’s “Rejoice” but I don’t know if that was intentional. Check it out, it’s worth a listen.
FCC: 1, 3, 9
Play: 2, 6, 8, 10
RIYD: Queens of the Stoneage