Two Bears in a Record Store

Eskimo Joe have just released their brand new album only weeks ago.  To this one bear it feels like a departure from the old. The single bouncing all around radio at the moment Foreign Land is also the album’s opener. Sadly Foreign Land is a goodbye to the past Eskimo Joe.
  The new album really kicks off with Losing Friends over Love. It’s a mature Eskimo that we’re greeted with. This new album is littered with hooks and catchy melodies. These melodies are so much more subtle and this is shown in the songs complexity. They are so simple and still deep. Perhaps the stand out track is Sound of Your Heart, which could have easily have been written by any love-drenched fool but fits into the sound of this album so well.

The album closes out with Please Elise and Morning Light. Please Elise is another catchy pop-rock tune that sounds like it was written for Aussie band End Of Fashion.  Oh hang on ….. It was written by the lead singer of End Of Fashion. While Morning Light  is a climatic rock tune filled with acoustic guitars strings and a soft voice which builds and builds upon its layers. It’s a album which takes a few listens to get a hold of , and in some ways it’s a shame this wasn’t released in summer because some of these songs have a great summer vibe to them. Definitely worth checking out.

VB.