{"id":1384,"date":"2022-05-13T10:56:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2022-05-13T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:56:27","slug":"warm-safe-kind-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/?p=1384","title":{"rendered":"“Warm Safe Kind” Album Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hannah’s Take<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a former house show goer, I still harbor an immense appreciation for local music. So when Matt let me know that his friends\u2019 band, Pluck, is about to drop their first full-length album, I couldn\u2019t say no to writing up a review.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Warm Safe Kind <\/span><\/i>elicited each of those exact feelings for me: the warmness of the guitar, safety found in steady vocal talent, and the kindness of an album that just understands you. Each track felt familiar to me, though not in a copycat sort of way, rather in a, \u201cHey, I know you and I like you\u201d sort of way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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While the album is consistent from the start, it truly picks up around track four, \u201cVessel.\u201d The intro is starkly different from anything else on the record, and immediately I was hooked. From there, it only gets better. Each song took me back to the way I felt standing in grubby basements, listening to impassioned musicians sing about love and loss. Sometimes, I miss that feeling more than I\u2019d like to admit, but Pluck has given me an outlet to experience those emotions in the safety of my adult life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Shape of Your Hands\u201d also struck me as different. Not necessarily in sound, but in the way I felt connected to the band despite not knowing them until this listen. Connection is something I value in any art form, and the lyrics throughout this track made me feel like the lead vocalist was a long lost friend of mine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m always thrilled to be introduced to bands from around the Western New York region, especially when they\u2019ve got something special. And Pluck is just that: a band with the unique ability to take their listeners someplace else through nostalgic alt rock.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Three Standout Tracks: <\/b>\u201cVessel,\u201d \u201cThe Shape of Your Hands,\u201d and \u201cWaves\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Matt’s Take<\/strong><\/p>\n

Without a doubt one of my most anticipated albums to release this year is the fantastic debut by Rochester-based rock band Pluck! I have been a fan of these massively talented musicians for a while, and seeing them open themselves up to the mass public is genuinely inspiring and heartwarming. Enough gushing, let\u2019s get to the rock!<\/p>\n

Every song on the album lends itself to a great mood piece, and is paced, produced, and track listed to perfection. Warm Safe Kind<\/em> is a true powerhouse that I would heavily recommend to anyone going through a confusing or emotional time, and seeing the band live definitely adds to this feeling with Alyssa, Ben, Brock, and Javan belting it out in a way that feels unique and transcendent.<\/p>\n

Warm Safe Kind<\/em> opens with the unreal breakdown of the track \u201cWhat We Do in the Sun\u201d in which every facet comes through in full effect before the powerful vocals. The flow on this track, as well as the intermittent drum hook and swing of the vocals is used to suck in listeners and gives a great glimpse of what to come. This style is furthered on the track \u201cGroovetown,\u201d a song that contains instrumentals that have an almost Weezer (Blue Album)<\/em> feel to it, without feeling derivative or coming off as a knock-off. Unlike other albums that feel like knock-offs of previous genres and trying to call them new, Warm Safe Kind<\/em> feels very passionate and hearkens back on classic style rather than using it as a crutch. It\u2019s like the cherry on top as opposed to being the bowl containing the sundae.<\/p>\n

The power peaks of the album hit with \u201cVessel,\u201d the album\u2019s first single, and \u201cThe Shape of Your Hands.\u201d \u201cVessel\u201d stands as the most powerful song on the record with the instrumentals reaching the highest highs, and the vocals hitting the rawest of flows. \u201cThe Shape of Your Hands\u201d however is definitely the emotional pinnacle of the album, for me anyways, and definitely is the song to cry to if one were so inclined. These two songs serve as perfect examples of the variety that Pluck has to offer, and I can\u2019t wait for everyone to check them out!<\/p>\n

Three Standout Tracks: <\/strong>\u201cBridge Song,\u201d \u201cVessel,\u201d and \u201cThe Shape of Your Hands.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hannah’s Take As a former house show goer, I still harbor an immense appreciation for local music. So when Matt let me know that his friends\u2019 band, Pluck, is about to drop their first full-length album, I couldn\u2019t say no to writing up a review.   Warm Safe Kind elicited each of those exact feelings … Continue reading »“Warm Safe Kind” Album Review<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WARMSAFEKIND.jpg?fit=700%2C700&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahandmattonmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}