Doom Singer

by

Chris Farren

Look I'm not saying I'm the President of the Chris Farren Enjoyers Club, but I am certainly an elected official of some kind.

I was really scared at first about what this was going to sound like based on his previous album (instrumental-only fake movie soundtrack), moving to a permanent full band, and the first single (which sounded too much like the usual contemporary indie rock that takes way too many cues from 90's alt rock for my liking).

But goddamn if Statue Song isn't an all-time great song. It's the other side of the Phil Collins coin with Mk.Gee - a song that leans into the earnestness of that style of 80's pop without ever crossing the line into schmaltzy or superficial. Not commenting on it from a modern and detached sense but embracing it and forcing us to remember why that stuff ultimately became so popular in the first place.