Fiction Plane - Everything Will Never Be OK
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Free Music Review: A great new band
Hit: 5 Stars
I really rate this album. It's a very powerful debut from a band that I think we'll see around for some time yet. Enough of the Sting comparisons, the muscisanship is incredible - listen to that guitar on the opeining track - and the energy awesome.Free Music Review: Great Debut Album
Hit: 5 Stars
This is truly one of the best CD's I've ever purchased. The band has a great sound and powerful lyrics. Joe's voice is similar to Sting's, but he is going to make a name for himself on his own. Definitely give this CD a listen.Free Music Review: Taking Off ...
Hit: 5 Stars
'Everything Will Never Be Ok' is an amazing debut. Outstanding vocals, perfect air-guitar playing, and flowing melody, this is a debut worth picking up!Free Music Review: Wow....
Hit: 5 Stars
Addicting. Unique. Every track is wow...Get it. It's Sting in a new band!
Free Music Review: Fantastic debut. Recommended for those bored with pop!
Hit: 4 Stars
While not usually a fan of this kind of music, I was initially struck by Fiction Plane's manic energy, which all but forced me to make closer inspection. On the surface, many fair-weather music fans would be too quick to write-off FP as yet another in a string of faceless COLDPLAY / RADIOHEAD knock-offs, however that would be a big mistake. FP wields a characteristic that is uncommon among self-pitying, melodramatic, pompous Brit Rock: a dynamic sense of fun.
While my evaluation was initially instigated by seeing the band perform, opening for Sting at 2 shows, actually listening to the CDs brings FP's package together. The band's lyrics shower the listener with an array of emotions, while the musical dexterity displayed by each member launches them into a genre all their own. Yes, FP has its share of faux-ballads discussing relationships and life-lessons, however they are subversively concealed behind boisterous and genre-leaping songwriting. While the band itself cites NIRVANA as a distinct influence, I am more inclined to believe that FP's style is a monstrous hybrid of RADIOHEAD, MAROON 5, early POLICE, PORCUPINE TREE (check out the `ghost track' following "Wise", loaded with esoteric, progressive rock overtones) and a touch of early DURAN DURAN (especially in the lyric department). I would guess that FP wanted to get out of the gates and show the world a little bit of everything that comprises them, and this debut CD does just that. That in itself is probably the album's one downside - the fact that they move in so many different directions during the course of one disc that the listener is not offered a solid impression of what the band is truly about.
However, one cannot hold that against a young band on its debut release. New acts are usually pressured by labels to create one or two strong `radio-friendly' cuts, leaving the rest of the album for the band to noodle with as filler. However, rather than play that game, FP went out on a limb and broke down walls that would otherwise limit them to one sect of listenership. As there may be one or two songs on the disc that I would chalk up as `growing pains', there are still ten very strong tracks showing the range and intensity of a band that is primed for evolution and success. Excellent standout tracks, in addition to the aforementioned ghost track, include the funky "Listen To My Babe", the incredibly cynical "Hate", and the mixed metaphor "Cigarette". I implore you, check out FICTION PLANE; the best band you've never heard on the radio!