I’ve been off my game and it kills me to not bust a review or interview out at least once a day during the week. After a night with Backstreet Boys Wednesday I came home and was up until 4am reviewing TV shows. Come Thursday I was dead. So today I’m happy to have at least one foot on the floor to keep me stable enough to bring you Line of Best Fit’s Feral. Me and this record actually spent a good chunk of Thursday together, but again – I sucked at life. So here we are today and let me tell you, Feral was a bit rough around the edges, but I got through it with an appreciation for a set of lyrics and at least one song to keep around my daily routine.
It’s like you took a pop punk vocalist and placed him in a band that was more lighthearted when it came to the instrumentation. The music was actually the highlight of Feral at one point, from “How to Lose Your Mind in Ten Days” to the song that took first place lyrically, “I’ve Always Been Here;” the music was on point. So the lyrics, this was the one that painted the most vivid story; a story I’d want to dissect. For the total package though, I’d go for “Cardiomegaly.” Lyrically and musically, everything aligned just right. Oh, don’t think I forgot about the parts that needed smoothing out – “King of Guilt” was all over the place, in a bad way.
So if you took the vocals of No One Goes Home and placed them in a band that sounded like they were influenced by early Starting Line, but went a little to the left of that…you’d have Line of Best Fit. I could definitely hammer out some kinks in Feral, but I’d advise you at least check out the ones I’ve laid out for you. Feral is out now for the amazing price of “name your own,” but hey, don’t be a cheapskate.
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