Modern Hearts
Artist: The Trophy Fire
Label: Greyday Productions
Website: facebook.com/TheTrophyFire
A batch
of soaring indie rock
It has
been three years since The Trophy Fire's excellent debut A Lifetime In The Middle Of The Ocean
[2008], so it is nice to see the San Francisco trio continuing
their styled alternative rock on the sophomore album Modern Hearts.
The
record follows the same formula with its
slower burning tracks that hit you with big memorable choruses which
are all driven from the soft vocal delivery of frontman Ben Flanagan. Modern Hearts has its moments like
on the title track which keeps your feet tapping with its big guitar
sound and soaring melody before taking the volume way down into an
earthly pause near the end of the track and then revving back up to its
conclusion.
The band also offers an excellent upbeat cover of
The Knife's "Heartbeats" which is a highlight. The rest of Modern Hearts follows a similar
formula and does not quite have the pulse that made A Lifetime In The Middle Of The Ocean
so successful but overall the record is a grower with repeat listens.
The Trophy Fire are a confident band that continues to show promise with quality songwriting, song structures and memorable choruses that should have no problem building their fanbase if they get the right break.
Christopher Anthony
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