The Juliets- The Juliets Album Review

   

Ok, so we've been gone for a while, but we were busy graduating from uni and such.  Now that we are back in the states for the summer and working, our concert schedule has become blank.  That certainly doesn't mean that I've taken a break from the music scene.  I tend to spend my summer researching new bands, so I have something different to listen to.  One of the bands that I have come across this summer is The Juliets.

The Juliets is a classical indie pop band from Detroit who remind me of the growing baroque chamber pop scene in London. Their self-titled debut features a wide variety of styles and sounds and really showcases the band's various abilities.   The album starts out strong with the happy and up-tempo track, 'Sweetheart,' which makes good use of their string section, in a rather surprising way.  The song is wonderfully layered and it took me a few listens to separate each of the individual instruments.    Next up is 'The Letter,' which begins slow, but quickly picks up to a catchy pop beat.  The song is a bit too repetitive for my liking, but to be fair, it is an indie pop song.

The third track and the band's first single is 'This Just In,' whose violin intro makes my heart flutter.  It reminds me a bit of an Irish folk song, especially when it slows down  mid-song for a bit of crooning.   The next song, 'Sunday Song,' is in fact a perfect song for a Sunday, with its slow and sombre sound.  However, about a minute and twenty seconds in the song has a brief screamo interlude, which caught me off guard, and not in a good way.  As a whole I really like the song, but it could really do without the screaming outburst. 

One of my favourite tracks on the album is 'Rimbaud and Verlaine,' though I am a bit biased as I've been on a Rimbaud kick as of late. The song is driven by the perfect combination of drums and violin and manages to be sentimental and cynical at the same time.  The album concludes with 'Drive You Hope,' which is indie pop perfection as it is cute and makes me want to dance, perhaps even waltz.

Check out The Juliets Here

~Casey Shea