The Music (Self Title) - Album Review Old Archive Publishe din Daily Evergreen 2003

The Music
Capitol Records

Awesome Music
4 ½ stars out of five

What do you get when you combine the creative sound of Pink Floyd, the energetic backgrounds of early Pearl Jam and the powerful vocals of Led Zeppelin and Candelbox? The answer is an amazing British band called The Music.
The Music’s self titled album serves up and intriguing sound that captivates the listener, pulling you in for the entire length of the album. Rather than regurgitate the same power chord, scream infested crap that’s out there toady The Music takes a bold step in redefining Rock for the new millennium.
The Music single handedly stretches the boundaries of rock by encompassing many techno stylings as well as classic stadium guitar riffs and 90’s distortion. Instead of relying on a hit single to propel their album sales The Music has created ten amazing works of art, all of which are around or over five minutes in length, something unheard of for today’s rockers. Every song on the album sounds carefully crafted to be what it is rather than just filler.
The first track “The Dance” starts off with a mass of distortion only to grow into a fast passed barrage of sound with the haunting vocals of Robert Harvey floating above. Instead of Submitting to the stadium rock pattern of verse then chorus The Dance seems to dodge around this form resulting in a musical “piece” rather than a song. The Dance really pumps up a listener and sets the tone for the rest of the album.
The nine other songs contain an amazing fusion of classic rock with today’s technology. The greatest song on this album is “Getaway”. The song is made up of same familiar foundations and many rock tunes are today. Employing the same key and guitar riffs you might hear from a Nickelback album. The Music through distortion and instrumentation is able to make this song stand out.
The Music is a band that seems to have layers in their music. Point and case if your tired of bands like The All American Rejects invading your radio with songs we’ve already herd that contain no substance what so ever then pick this CD up. The Music is a band with depth rarely found in today’s music scene.