Narrator Review 2 – One Less Reason – The Memories Uninvited
Heads up headbangers, it is the Narrator back again with Narrator Review 2 for ya. This time it’s One Less Reason with their new full-length album “The Memories Uninvited” brought to you by Tattooed Millionaire Productions.
I gotta tell ya, we may have a modern rock masterpiece on our hands here folks. The vocals are clean, catchy, powerful and heartfelt. Beautiful keyboards/pianos, the guitars are aggressive but not overbearing; I get a twinge of Breaking Benjamin from these guys. The production, as I understand it, was all done by the band something becoming more and more common in the industry, but you can definitely tell this is not this bands first rodeo when it comes to the mixing/mastering/sound board game. The sound of the album is crisp, clear, you can hear all the instruments perfectly, it is sonically flawless. There is no doubt in this reviewer’s mind that this band will explode given the right exposure. Given the fact that they are musically sound enough to create and produce their own material should give nothing but hope to any other band looking for a life on the stage or any major record label looking to sign them. One Less Reason does prefer the simpler, smaller atmosphere of the indie label. Typically, music like this isn’t my first choice when looking for a new album on the shelf at the record store, but I truly enjoyed this album. All this band will need is an opening slot for Nickelback or Theory of a Deadman, and they will set their scene ablaze.
This album is full of personal anthems, about your common topics: love, hate, pain, heartbreak, recovery, etc. They convey these messages clearly and with a new breath that is quite refreshing to listen to. I love the opener “Break Me” the most, as it’s the most aggressive song on the album, followed closely by “Where Were You” but, there’s not a track worth missing on this thing. I give it my personal head banger salute (all though it’s not headbangin music) music fans of all genre alliances should be able to appreciate this album. Narrator Review 2 gives it 4 outta 5 stars. The only real criticism I have for “The Memories Uninvited” is the songs due tend to run together a bit, and the album becomes more about the lyric writing and message than it does the music towards the middle/end, so the scales become unbalanced. This isn’t a bad thing, but it doesn’t really allow the band to shine or show off any real technical chops.
This album is perfect for what it set out to do, and I truly recommend this to anyone looking for a breath of fresh modern rock air. This is the Narrator signing off.
