Just in time for throwback
Without planning it, this week’s new music review became a throwback of sorts when it featured returning music acts from the 90s and the early 2000s.
Early Aughts modern pop/alt-rock band Imago returns with an apt-titled new track in “Magbabalik.” And I’m glad to report that Imago is sticking to their brand of alt-pop on their latest song. “Magbabalik” rises easy and slow and eventually builds up to a mid-tempo vibe as Imago’s rhythm section of bassist Myrene Academia, drummer-turned-guitarist Zach Lucero, drummer Mervin Panganiban, Someday.” Pete Yorn broke with his 2001 album “Music For The Morning After” and its single “Just Another.” Yorn was retro-pop when it wasn’t so cool yet to be called retro-pop. Now a little gray around his temple, Pete Yorn tries to reclaim back the acoustic guitar-toting troubadour mantle that he so comfortably and easily wore the first time he came around. And the folky and reflective sounding “Someday, Someday” just picks up where he left off.
Completing my throwback-comeback new singles week release is Sheryl Crow's new mid-tempo rocker titled “Evolution.” Sheryl Crow was only recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her stellar career in the early 90’s. Inspired by her recent induction and perhaps spurred on by the desire to prove that there’s still a lot of gas left in the tank, Shery Crow comes up with the apt-titled “Evolution.” According to Sheryl Crow, “Evolution conveys my uneasiness about artificial intelligence and its impact on the planet and the human race.” This mid-tempo rocker starts moody and slow but eventually builds to a crescendo with a whammy-ied-out guitar solo. We don’t have to look into the song credits to know that it’s Tom Morello of Audioslave and Rage Against The Machine playing on that futuristicsounding guitar solo.