The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meat by The Noisy
You know why honesty is important because honesty is clarity, it’s emotional. It can be devastating. It can be brutal.It can be like a cold wind on a frosty day, no cloud cover and a clear blue sky, it gets stuck in your bones,
Honesty in music is a weapon. It’s not to be trifled with
Like the box from Hellraiser, the lament configuration, fuck around and find out
This is indie pop with a little bit of roll. It is surefooted, confident and familiar with a sharp tongue and a knack for melody. It breathes fire without being caustic. It also comes with a bag full of earworms. I love this album. Can you tell?
The singer has a tonality and delivery that leans into its musicality of the recordings and arrangements. It swoons and lilts, drops a line and moves on like, yeah, I said that, the fuck ya gonna do about it.
It has that confidence.
Sometimes when I write about music, I’m like, aye mate, is that right? And sometimes I say yeah. In this instance, I’m like, have you got ears kid? The fuck are you on about?
What I’m saying is. Stop reading me having an internal argument that’s about to turn violent and go and buy this album.
Do it now.
That’s an order.
For a Pop Rock album to impress me, it needs something special, unconventional. The Noisy’s “The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meat” is almost subversive in how conventional it is – until you get to the lyrics. T
he sound is exactly what can be expected; melodic electric and acoustic guitars, warm bass, light drums with emphasis on the cymbals, with bright vocals sitting on top of everything. Overall, the mix gives the tracks a light, almost Shoegaze quality, with only some choice moments of grandeur shining through.
As mentioned, however, the lyrics are a very different beast. They are vague enough to let the listeners make their own interpretations, while carrying an upbeat feeling. But there are moments where I can’t shake the feeling, that the elation gives way to someone making light of painful memories (like in “Little Grill” or “Backlit”) or where deep desires are expressed through wordplay (in “Twos” or “Nightshade” for example). Generally, I thought there is quite a bit of darkness underlining these songs. But then, that’s just my interpretation.
Overall, I fully recommend giving this album a try. It’s well produced and performed, easy to listen to and has the kind of lyrics, that can make you wonder what it was that you just listened to.
