A Family To Think About
So, I am aware that CD reviews are usually about albums that have recently been released. But I am going to break some rules here, be a real rebel, flip the bird to conventionalism and share with you an album that came out in May 2009 but is worth the mention. Family by Think About Life is one of this year’s most fun and easy-going albums.
The giddy feeling I get when I listen to the tracks on this album is absurd. I am not claiming that this album is deep or philosophical but it is nearly impossible to not enjoy the beats. It makes me want to dance around like an ass in my room. And I do. I hold nothing back. Family is a vital part of my morning work out. And it should be part of yours too. Yes, hipsters can work out.
Think About Life is yet another great band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal seems to be popping out great music like the Octo-Mom pops out kids. They say the first child is never as cute as the rest and the same is true for Think About Life’s first album. Their self-titled, debut was released in 2006; It had all it’s toes and fingers but was not cute at all. Thankfully, Family, their sophomore album is adorable.
The ten tracks on Family are each as equally poppy and danceable. That was clearly Think About Life’s goal while making the album, to get the hipsters shaking their hips. All of the tracks involve soulful vocals, catchy synth melodies, randomly creative samples and the occasional chipmunk voice distortion. The first two tracks on the album, “Johanna” and “Havin’ My Baby,” begin with beats and samples that sound like they belong in one of Kanye’s epic songs. Thankfully for us, those beats take on their own style and morph into bopping, grooving, and sugary songs.
Lets be clear here. Family is not an album that is going down in history, just like the rest of the dancey hipster pop. But since we are in an era of fun, meaningless, drunken, sweaty, music, Family will take it’s place and bring booty shakin’ wherever it is played. And where it is played, I will be there shakin’ my booty.