Sappy & Happy Honeymoon Album

 

After John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard tied the knot they released Declare A New State; an album full of songs that they had written about each other during their first break-up. There was pain and conflict, hope, and desire. Now after a couple of honeymoon years of marriage, the happy couple have released Honeysuckle Weeks. It felt like one love song after another; with Dragonetti and Hazard alternating each song as if they are in a constant “no I love you more” kind of lovey dovey battle. In “Thorny Thicket”, Hazard belts out “Love! Love! and the skies opened up!”.

Although at times I thought I was watching a Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romantic comedy marathon, the music is well-puttogether and there are a few songs that I liked which included “1940″, “Brightest Hour”, and “Fern Beard”. However, songs like “Swimming Pool” make Jack Johnson look edgy. There are a lot of experimentive sounds and instruments used, but they too make the album sound more fluffy. I don’t know about you, but Xylophones don’t quite exhilarate me. If you are in the mood for extremely upbeat love songs give the album a listen. It will probably make you happy.

~TJK

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