Something just popped up on one of my Facebook feeds…
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UNLIMITED LOVE ALBUM REVIEW!
A friend (who has asked to remain anonymous) is writing a review of Unlimited Love for a well-known publication. Here are his early thoughts on some tracks on the album. Some of these are responses to my questions, some are his first impressions. I'm curious to see if I can recognize these descriptions in a few weeks' time when I hear the album myself! (I suppose these count as spoilers, and of course - take them with a grain of salt.)
General impressions
John's background vocals: "I don't know about him doing 3 part harmonies or whatever, but you definitely know John's there."
Anthony's voice: "Almost identical to The Getaway. Makes the weird voice on Black Summer all the more noticeable: that's as weird as he gets."
"So far more bassline based songs than John songs, which surprises me."
"A good amount of piano and organ on the album."
"I feel like literally every song came from a jam. Doesn't seem like many chord progression based songs."
"You're gonna feel like 'This feels like the album between BTW and SA' or 'This feels like the scrapped album before BTW.'"
"I feel like Anthony took a back seat on this album. And it was just like, Flea and John hugging each other and high fiving every song."
She's A Lover is a definite standout. "Super catchy and the bassline is dope."
The album feels like SA and BTW B-sides. "It feels like they picked up where they left off."
And some specific songs...
"She's a Lover"A
"Almost disco."
"These are the Ways"
"Like Love Trilogy but instead of 3 weird funk reggae things, it's New Wave / Punk / Hardcore. Like RHCP doing Green Day at times. Comparable to Mini-Epic / Kill For Your Country in a way."
"Whatchu Thinkin'"
"The weirdest bassline, in a good way... Like Flea was doing a John Cage player piano piece... Like he's imitating the Tetris soundtrack. Weird and different and in my opinion good."
"Bastards of Light"
"More punk moments."
"White Braids & Pillow Chair"
Reprise featuring the words "California..."
"One Way Traffic"
"Like an SA track. Halfway between Storm in a Teacup and Save the Population. The breakdown in this... to their credit, they are trying new things." Features a bass solo from Flea.
"Let 'em Cry"
"Another disco-y song."
"The Heavy Wing"
"It sounds like a drum machine. Hip hop intro, ballad verse with a Jane's Addiction beat, and then John punk chorus. This is insane. These pieces fit... melodically but not stylistically. Back to the hip hop intro as a bridge, then a guitar solo over a new progression. I'm not complaining but this song structurally is perhaps a tad not RHCP-ish.
"Tangelo"
"A Beatles tune in disguise. Like John writing a John Lennon song with AK. Just acoustic guitar, no drums. Ends with 30 seconds of background noise. A ballad not similar to many other RHCP songs." (NB: it seems like the NME was right about those two songs sounding unlike anything the band had done before!)
Source: https://buttondown.email/rhcpsessions/archive/me-and-my-friends-41-early-impressions/?fbclid=IwAR2V2G54EGvrqq8KtDVNE46C4yukLsQqNG8kPTjk5Az7FRePBc-7OSmdq9o”
Hopefully the album has some good stuff to offer…
That 63 p is winking at me
Ah. Not to be eh? What a shame.
Blummin eck. Noice
