New Music Monday

Okay, I have been terrible about updating lately. We'll just put a check in the "failing at social media" box and move on though. Anyway, just putting that in the open.

Today, I started my new music monday. I have found that if I get new albums,it normally takes me a good 3 months before I listen to them, on average. By this point they are already on Top 20 countdowns or hopelessly criticized and overplayed on many accounts. So I am starting a once a week session where I just listen to the music I have gotten recently and haven't listened to.

Recently, I got the new Maroon 5's new album "Hands All Over." I have always loved this band's sound. I found out yesterday that the sound isn't as much tones as it is carefully and technically set using precise frequencies. Either way- it sounds good. I am currently on the 9th track, and the only songs I have been really blown away by are "Misery" (that bass line is great!), and the overall feel of "Stutter". This feels more like it could have been a sophomore album, not the third album. It's a really good album, don't get me wrong- but most times the sophomore album is the one that could be passed up.

There is a feature for Lady Antebellum on the album- and it sounds alright, but the song has more of a "Lady Antebellum feature Adam Levine" that "Maroon 5 featuring Lady Antebellum". It has very stripped down feel, I guess this would be the ballad of the album.

The next song, "Last Chance", opens up with a great bass line, and almost sounds like a Kevin Max song

More on the monday playlist is Phil Wickham's new album- "Heaven and Earth", Mumford and Sons- "Sigh No More", The Script- "Science and Faith", and Charlie Hall- "The Rising".

What new music have you gotten or listened to that you think is pretty decent?