Lake Street Dive - Bad Self Portraits [2014 ALBUM]
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The album is important for the band to take a step back and find their roots. Lake Street Dive is a great band and they are one of the best up and coming bands in the festival. Don't sleep on them, they are worth a listen.
The album is like a travelogue, with the stories of what they see and experience all around them. The band has grown up, they are now more comfortable in their own skin and they are writing about their own experiences. The album is full of great stories and great hooks, but the album is not all drinking and drugs as the title might imply. Lake Street Dive have always had a penchant for pop-soul music, this is just a more mature version of what they do.
The opening title track 'It's All So Heavy' which features the trumpet of Gary Versace and harmonica of Johnny Frigo opens the album on a wonderfully sunny note. This is a song for the summer, a classic-rocky slow jam with a saxophone solo that floats and floats above the song. It's a great introduction to the album and one of the best of the album.
The album itself has a lot of layers, which is a good thing for a band that seems to be a little bit bigger than they are. There are the melodic songs that evoke the band's influences, the songs that experiment with the beat, the songs that play to the comfort zone and the songs that just don't fit.
Another highlight of the album is the first track, 'Epic' which is a soulful jazz number, with the band getting those horns to sing. The song is written in first person and we get to hear a bit more of the story of the song, which is about a young man who is bored and restless and trying to find a way to start his life. The song is a great showcase of all the band's influences and the first glimpse of the band's songwriting abilities.
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