Artist Info:Discography Album length: 10 tracks: 34 minutes, 25 seconds Street Date: June 5, 2007
Cover Your Eyes, the sophomore release from Tooth & Nail Records' Sullivan,
can be summarized with two letters, "Eh."
The album has its strong moments but overall offers nothing terribly impressive,
and wears a bit thin pretty quickly. The smart creativity from Hey, I'm A Ghost
seems limited and dulled this time around in what is either a
compromising effort for greater radio appeal, or just a lack of
progress in songwriting.
Album highlights like "F-stop," "Great for my Collection," and "The
Process" are upbeat indie rock tunes with passionate guitars,
entertaining vocals, and simple beats that could indeed make
competitive radio singles. "Goodbye Miss Havisham" is also one of the
more creative and enjoyable offerings, and "Fire Away" is a decent
slower song, despite ending too abruptly for a closer.
But the short length of the album doesn't leave any room for the
weaknesses that exist on Cover Your Eyes. "Dig Me Up" and "Israel
Hands" both have catchy choruses but are noticeably boring and
repetitious (specifically the drums). An obvious failed attempt at
whatever was striven for, "Florida Queen" is annoying in pretty
much every way (the rhythm, melody, guitars, vocals, and repetition).
The lyrics that are sung so meaningfully are disappointingly hard
to decipher in many of the songs. However, some wise lessons can still be found, like the
one in the chorus of "Israel Hands," "I've been on a ship destined for
greater things than these. I've been all around, so take me home."
Sullivan's effort Cover Your Eyes is essentially enjoyable for a while, but it's not a record
to remember, and if anything, it's a step backward from the band's debut.
- Review date: 6/4/07, written by Tim Harro
Record Label: Tooth & Nail Records
Album length: 10 tracks: 34 minutes, 25 seconds
Street Date: June 5, 2007
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Record Label: Tooth & Nail Records
