A burst of creative and composed energy that we truly miss in modern rock, SMIC is a divine singer-songwriter who has his roots in Falmouth, MA. As someone who brings profound musical experience, not just being, but thriving in the industry, he has truly accumulated lots of raw emotions and endured experimentation along the way. With a sound that seeks inspiration from legendary bands like The Beatles, David Bowie and The Clash, to name a few, he’s known for not just capturing your attention but also your heart, and with his new project, which is packed with immersive tales of his work, get ready to fall in love.
A kaleidoscopic journey packed with highs and lows, ebbs and flows and waves of different emotions, with this, you’ll actually thank god for having the ability to listen to sound and music.
What starts with a bash of creative explosion, we start this sonic journey with ‘Hold’, and truly, this is everything an artist experiences in their lifespan. What feels like a collective crash out after storing all the oops and what ifs in their mind, this is raw, unhinged and very punk. With the next track, ‘2×4’, we finally get some rhythm. Carrying forward the same punk energy, this is a solid commentary on the modern-day life that thrives on screens and social media. With the lines between real and fake getting shorter and shorter, this shows reality a mirror. ‘Times’ and ‘Broken Down’, however, are a rightful pause between all the wildness. Calm, collective and reflective, they are too cool to be true. Making you look within the unexplored parts of your life, this feels like a slow-burning process of time and effort that an artist goes through as they encounter rainy days in their career. The next two tracks, ‘On the Stump’ and ‘Sun Son, ‘ feel like a trip down memory lane into the artist’s childhood, with their nuanced yet vintage sound. Packed with soothing music and dialogues about space-tech, they feel like food for thought to our ears.
Then we explore the angle of spice and romance in an artist’s life with ‘Matchmaker’. This feels like the backdrop of a scene from the movie ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’, with its roots in the 80s punk rock like The Clash. ‘Fumes’, however, is a track that might pull you out of a rock bottom you might hit, talking about how even though there’s no pressure to be active in life, when you do something, your soul lights up from within, also time, no matter how good or bad, shall ultimately pass. ‘Chickadee’ carries forward the energy we started this album with, but in a more subtle-toned version of it. Next, the tracks ‘Dog Days’ and ‘Juno’ feel like an atomic splurge of emotions and feelings in an art that the artist puts, and is truly beautiful. ‘Fisherman’, however, reflects upon the sense of losing track of time with the ensemble of passion and purpose in one’s life.
As we reach the penultimate stages of this artwork, the vibe turns soft, slow and extremely reflective. Every track seems to share a different story, with ‘Sixty’ being a cute little note to the artist’s young self, making you feel the dreaminess of looking back at your own life. ‘Low Battery’, however, contradicts its own name, but also feels metaphoric to something that pulsates the most and reaches its high, right before its end, much like this album. Lastly, ‘How I Won the War’ is a reminder to see the bright glory every experience brings in life, no matter how sad or rad. Overall, I feel like this feels like a beautiful sum up of the life of an artist, and I’m sure it’ll make a place in your heart, the way it made in mine.
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