Review: The Very Foundation – This Restless Enterprise
It doesn’t take much time to receive what this album provides. Because it doesn’t provide much. It lacks any real defining factors. The guitar, songwriting, vocals, and production seem to be an afterthought. The occasional horns add some color to the songs and it benefits from some unconventional song structure but I still get an overall feel and sound of a local bar band. Almost every song is about sex. I have no idea how autobiographical it is but it seems to be about a self-indulgent fiend with no self control. It’s trying to be dark and hip but with out of key vocals and harmonies and a lack of intensity the lyrics are not very convincing. More time should have been spent on the songs themselves than the image they are trying to create. Highlights for me were few; the horns on “Runaway To Tokyo” and the violin on “Dial Tone”.
