METTA

Metta-mor-phi-ohm

2009-12-07

The first album from this Grand Rapids five-piece is a rock album with the usual suspects of guitar, vocals, drums, keys, and bass. With the addition of guest artists on mandolin, slide guitar, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, and violin, the bar is raised. Add the Phil Collins-sounding vocals and the we-take-ourselves-oh-so-seriously lyrics, and you have what sounds like mid-eighties Genesis meets mid-nineties emo. I wouldn't be quick to dismiss this band though, when they've matured a bit, they might just be a band worth consideration. Rebecca Ruth

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #Rock

  • reviewed 01/2012

    VARI0US
    Django Unchained: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

  • reviewed 05/2008

    GNARLS BARKLEY
    The Odd Couple

  • reviewed 06/2014

    LANDLADY
    Upright Behavior

  • reviewed 08/2017

    Johnny Oskam
    In My Shadow

  • reviewed 04/2007

    Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts
    Let’s Just Be

  • reviewed 12/1969

    JACK JOHNSON
    Sleep Through the Static

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.