Beach Fossils – Somersault
Released June 2nd, 2017
“This year I told myself it’d be a better one,” croons Dustin Payseur on ‘This Year’, the opening track from Beach Fossils’ third album Somersault. It doesn’t sound like his promise to himself is coming true. The album is completely devoid of hooks with a series of lazy and unmemorable melodies. The band, completed by bassist Jack Doyle Smith and guitarist Tommy Davidson (drummer Tommy Gardner left earlier this year) could be accused of being a little one note. Their compositions are lush and soothing but lack variety and are plagued by uncertainty and aimlessness.
2.5 of 5 stars
