‘Eighty Ninety’ (2023)

It’s solely taken seven years, however lastly brothers Abner and Harper James have launched their very first album as Eighty Ninety! The New York-based duo have served greater than a dozen standalone tracks since their 2016 debut, “Three Thirty”, in addition to the odd EP, however now they convey collectively lots of these tracks in addition to just a few new ones that solely see the sunshine of day right this moment. The album kicks off with their most up-to-date single, “Ruins” and strikes on to “Keep Alive” earlier than launching into the primary ‘new’ music, “Subsequent To Me”, a textbook Eighty Ninety monitor if ever there was. The lightness and aireness of the manufacturing simply blows from one music to a different with Abner’s melting vocals oozing into the subsequent attractive music, “The Onerous Approach“.

Roughly half of this album has already been debuted and “2 Carat” is a type of songs because the boys choose up the tempo with one thing a bit extra vigorous, Summery however not shedding the dreamy high quality of their work – this album would serve any good movie as its soundtrack! “Conspiracy Theorist” is a good never-before heard tune with the standard minimalist manufacturing from Harper, however simply sufficient well-judged accompaniment to Abner’s wistful phrases and insightful emotions. “Gone By The Morning” is a torchsong ode to a love misplaced and one night time spent that might have developed the subsequent morning however inevitably shouldn’t be attainable and doesn’t prove so. “I’ll Be There” sees Harper take the vocals utilizing his alter ego ‘Center Youth’ and he’s very welcome certainly to this optimistic anthem. We want extra of Harper!

The elegant “Face Like A Sundown“, beforehand launched, breezes in subsequent with out apology, one in every of their greatest songs of latest instances with an actual elegant and basic sounding soundtrack that squeezes in some 60’s and 70’s sounds to the general idea. That continues with the ultimate monitor, “Don’t Comprehend it But”, one in every of their most guitar-heavy tunes but. That is the quintessential Indie-Pop tune because the boys additionally veer into Rock terrtory. It will play properly dwell, however sadly that is the place it ends. We’re handled to 10 tracks on this primary lengthy participant, however what a cautious number of well-crafted songs that ought to actually discover favour with any Eighty Ninety fan in addition to attain out a lot additional to the music lover that simply enjoys good, stable and well-produced ‘rhymes’ that lay straightforward on the ear and ask no reverence of their being. They only are.