The Vines – Melodia

Somehow Australia’s The Vines is one of those bands I’ve only heard of until now but never actually heard. They had a couple of hits over here early in the new millennium but since then it’s been very quiet around them. They are still around though and have recently released a new album.

On “Melodia”, their latest album which comes with some of the ugliest artwork I’ve seen in quite some time, they swing quite a lot between soothing 90s indie pop (“True As The Night”) and scoarching rock (“He’s A Rocker”, “Braindead). They’re pretty decent at both but the transition from loud to soft and vice versa feels a little awkward from time to time.

The highlight of the album comes in the form of opener “Get Out” and if they had managed to keep up that energy, this would’ve been an amazing album. But as “She Is Gone” faded out, I couldn’t really recall a lot of the other songs. Decent album but that’s about it.
Score: 6 out of 10
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