Beijing - Night (Album Review)

Bands are a dime a dozen these days, but Beijing is 12-for-12 ($12 for a 12-track LP).  And it's worth listening.

I'm not the type to compare one band in another as a means of helping audiences make a connection.  Beijing is its own sound.  I can and will say this though:  this isn't some Fisher Price record.  This is a real album and you should take the time to listen to it.

Each song is more melodic and cleaner than I anticipated for an album with a condemned theatre on the cover (source of picture?  is it nearby?)  It helps to listen to this record at a medium-to-high level of volume.

"The Sun Will Set" is a giant build-up, with a slow intro.  It takes off at 1:14, at which point it leaves the atmosphere until 1:41.  It becomes a speck on the horizon at about 2:12.

"Open Arms" might almost classifies as alt-country if it had the slightest amount of vocal twang, but this is Connecticut.  Glad to hear they keep it real.

If you encounter any feelings of abandon for the pop-punk alternative music of the 1990's, this probably would have fit in better back then than it does now.  That's most likely because everything we're force-fed on the radio is im·pal·pa·ble  (/imˈpalpəbəl/).  If TownofNewHaven had control over the music on the dial, we would probably play this on your ride home from work on Friday, or on your way back from a bad date with a total disaster, or even in the pouring rain.  All resemble good circumstances to enjoy Beijing's latest album, Night.

Just make sure you don't exceed the speed limit.

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They play tonight at The Space with Graph Rabbit.
Expect more great things from this group.

Ian, Editor