The Other Side of Life: Piano Ballads
Album • Nov 19 / 2021 • 8 songs, 26m 12s • 86%
Jazz Pop
Noteable
5
/ 10
It’s an admirably risky choice to take for a band whose music has relied so consistently on guitar-driven, indie-rock arrangements. Unfortunately, these piano re-workings only intermittently achieve their desired transcendence and intimacy. Opener, “This…
Beach Fossils' dreamy, drifting indie sound progressed from hazy lo-fi recordings in their early phases to the clearer and brighter sound of 2017's Somersault, but never came anywhere near something that resembled jazz.