Snappy Little Numbers (2020)
I am immediately leery of an album done by a single human being rather than a band. The stench of singer/songwriter nonsense from the late 90s and early 2000s still lingers with me and I've never been the biggest fan of that sort of thing. There are exceptions of course and I'm not going to disregard an album simply because of how the artist is named on the cover, but I go in with more trepidation than I would if it was just the name of a band.
That brings us to Seth Anderson. Going through this album is interesting. While the songs are mostly backed by a full band, he does hit on some rootsy singer-songwriter tropes that I'm not typically super into. There's a bit of a Tom Petty thing going on sometimes, and I can certainly get behind that. Then there's a song like "Don't Stop" that sounds like a really slow Snow Patrol song.
Other times there's more of a Springsteen/Gaslight Anthem sort of vibe that I can't say works all of the time.
As you get older, you're supposed to mellow out and appreciate the slower and quieter things in life. For me, that doesn't seem to be the case. I still want punchy pop punk hooks and big fuzzy guitars. There are times when I can get behind a mellower album, but with Seth Anderson, there's just not enough new and interesting sounds or ideas to keep me particularly engaged. It's well done for what it is, it's just not the sort of thing I want to listen to.
Seth Anderson - We Could Be:
https://snappylittlenumbers.bandcamp.com/album/we-could-be
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