An inventive and robust new album release from Jacob Chacko has a wonderful way of delivering a set of genres that revolve around a pop-rock soundscape but venture off into a more expansive and vast approach a lot of the time.
The Much Sublime album does an amazing job of showcasing Jacob's ability to write and record music in a freeing way so that the songs don't have all these walls built around them but are created with fewer boundaries than you might be used to.
You can certainly hear classic rock influences, pop rock influences, and a lot more coming in and out of the record plus, it's got a mixture of natural and digital instrumentation that gives it all a particular drive and really makes the record feel alive and breathing.
There's lots of soul and blues infused throughout the records course and the guitar work is stellar throughout the entire thing as well.
You can tell that the guitar was likely Jacob's first instrument and probably got him into writing songs in the first place but that's a stellar thing because he utilizes that talent in many of these songs. After all, they are very guitar-driven.
The vocals come through a robust, full-bodied, and a lot of the time, honest with certain kinds of different descriptions in the lyrics so you get pulled in lyrically as well. Still, it's the musical soundscape that wraps itself around you and keeps you right where it wants to.
When you listen to this record you can start to feel it in your bones and you can tell that Jacob had an absolute blast recording it to the point where it feels like he's really in his zone when he's in the studio doing his thing.
What's really incredible about this record is its complete blend of everything from pop, blues, funk, indie rock, and even a little bit of Americana comes through here and there.
Some songs showcase some different influences that the artist has taken in over the years and I feel like this helps make the record incredibly eclectic but super fun and still confluent in a way.
This is one of those albums that you need to listen to from beginning to end to soak in everything and actually has to offer.
Listening to only a few tracks from this one won't quite do it.
Plus, at times it feels almost like these songs are connected to the point where it's almost like a concept album in a way.
With that freedom intact which tells you he's not doing it for anyone else but himself and that's part of what makes it so good.
These songs have character, personality, charisma, and a vibrant energy that's completely infectious, and a lot of them have some great hooks that end up bouncing around in your head for hours after the songs have ended.
If you're a guitar player you'll definitely dig the heck out of this record because again, there's so much great guitar work not just in a lead sense but in a riff sense and also in the sense of how he arranges and composes the music.
The arrangements are awesome throughout this record.
Again, I would strongly suggest you take some time to listen to all 11 songs on the record because each one has something a little bit different to offer and when you do so don't be afraid to turn it nice and loud because these songs feel good when they're loud.
This is a great record that boasted as much color as it did edginess and fun.
Dive into this one as soon as you can and remember where you heard it first.
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