Historical Review: 12/17/2012
The melancholy vocals. Catchy chord progressions. Sing-songy lyrics. The Human Fly’s Debute album directs your mind towards thoughts of Mark Mulcahy or Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters). At times even Magnetic Fields. But with that said, the sad songs cultivate a sound of hope… almost derisively. Mocking the listener with it’s extremely sentimental lyrics; the listener feels hope sneaking up around the corner, but to no avail.
The concept of derisively singing the sad song is not a new one, but an interesting one which hasn’t really been done in awhile. The songs almost sound like they could be slowed down- and I say this cringing- Nirvana songs.
I could be totally wrong… Maybe the guy was just laying down when he sang the songs! But either way, the vocals are great and the lyrics are also. And after that ramble–I will leave you with a taste of the music. It’s grungy, and acoustic. Recorded on a laptop, The Human Fly tries to drudge up images of red house painters, while doing this well. He still has his own style. If you haven’t listened to this album, listen to it all the way through. It will probably depress you- but, just think of unicorns.