Writing down your thoughts and feelings about your schoolyard crush is the norm, and I am as normal as they come when it boils down to that. From the boy in middle school with the metal tees, to the basketball obsessed guy in high school to the most recent boy who has caused me to write a million and one things about how it’ll never be…So I get where The Friends are coming from, for the most part, on their EP Quantology. They appear and sound like a very indie rock young group who make songs that coincide with the inner workings of not only a love struck kid, but one that’s also attentive to their surroundings.
Three songs is pretty easy to get through, so let’s not waste any more time and get to it. “Blindsight” is the only song I didn’t sense was aimed at anyone in particular. It seemed a general observation on the lack of creativity in the world. When you think about it, they’re right. Advances in life aren’t aiding the creative platform, just crippling it…
No moving on to the lovey dovey like tunes on Quantology. “River Meets The Sun” appeared to be a song to someone on the end of some intense feelings. While the other two have a boyish spirit, this is the only track where the music stands on a mature set of legs. Out of three it was easy to pick a favorite and “Blindsight” won best in show when it came to the whole product (music and lyrics), but “Notice Me” got the blue ribbon because it was the one that pulled at my heart strings.
You can hear the want in this kid’s voice all throughout “Notice Me” and you sit and wonder who’s the person not recognizing this guy. Unless you happen to be the popular kid who always had the most Valentine’s Day cards, this song’s your anthem forever and always. I feel you bro, I feel you. I too sit and stare at the Facebook chat when my crush is on, internally screaming, “Talk to me!”
Since The Friends does seem like a young band, I feel like I have to grade Quantology and give it some red markings as if it were an essay. The vocals do need some strengthening, but I’m attributing that to The Friends being a fresh faced band. Lyrically though, they should stick to what they’re doing and continue to steal lines from heartbreak.
The Friends Quantology is for fans of bands like Never Shout Never and Chase Coy because all three artists are encase the youthful experience in song in a way that’s not overtly poppy like a One Direction song, and it’s available now. So if you take any chances today and it happens to not be telling your crush how you feel, at least take a chance on a new band like The Friends.
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