Roosevelt

Nearly a decade late to the party, but glad I made it eventually. I recently ran into "Moving On" and like I do with most artists that I find a song I like, I dive into the album it derives from. While "Moving On" is the highlight, the general vibe of this thing is pretty in line with the style of the time in 2016 with heavy synths and party beats. Portions show signs of fun guitars, but overall, this is about as 2016 as 2016 EDM/pop gets. That's not a dig necessarily as I loved music during this period. I found it fun and it's a part of my youth so even if it isn't seen as refined by a lot of harsh critics, I still love it. However, the genre is very much a sign of it's time. The nostalgia has it's allure and the songs from that time I did listen too, still hit hard. Anything else that I dodged from then that I finally find now, doesn't scratch that itch. Roosevelt included. The self-titled album still is on the "good" side of things so to speak. It's pretty face value and the vocals are well paired for the energy it portrays. The synths are straight out of a pre-loaded synthesizer but the highlights that Roosevelt's achieves come from a more musical sense. Tension. Complimentary sounds. Track evolution. This kind of thing. It doesn't always rely on "wow cool sound" to carry it's weight. "Wait Up" is the other track that stood out to me a bit more than the rest and it's not much to note but I found it catchier than most of the others. He has a handful of other albums to listen to and I hopefully will get around to at least one of them but I'm curious to see how he keeps his sound updated as I speed through the years.