Categories : Music Reviews, Rock + Pop.
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Rating: 2 / 5 Reviewer: Nathan Atnikov |
Relatively speaking, Summer of Fear is a pretty upbeat album. That’s considering its author of course, the constantly lovelorn Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. At his best, Robinson recalls the likes of Canadian folk hero Hayden – both in his somber tone and his tendency to mumble his way through entire songs. At his worst, he sounds like Bob Dylan doing a halfhearted Cartman impression.
The instrumentation and arrangements here show a vast improvement in Robinson’s songwriting, but vocally and lyrically this is still a drowning man trying to drag you down with him. It’s not enough that he can’t win, on ‘Always an Anchor’ he wants you to know that you can’t, either: “A lot of people I know walking ‘round wondering is it ever gonna be their day / from what I’ve seen so far man, hey, there’s no way.”
Robinson’s passion is often impressive and occasionally infectious. His delivery is generally unlistenable. He hates everything and, ultimately, you’re going to hate him for it.
