Welcome Everything is a great title for an album. It’s very zen and a philosophy I try to incorporate into my own life. The artist Chris Laguna behind the music says “Welcome Everything is about accepting whatever life has to throw at you and doing your best to churn out positives, whether that be personal growth, maximizing contentedness, or making peace with what can't be leveraged. This can only be accomplished "by opening up your mind.”
This is an album that is just about everywhere in terms of genre. It’s hard to find a signature sound when an artist makes these kinds of leaps throughout an album. On that note I had some preferences and thought there were a lot of high points. “Dream Transfer” is a good one. There’s some really technically impressive piano playing and vocal harmonies. The song did feel more theatrical than some of the others. It’s a very cool song and has its own thing going on. Great start. “Moody Foody” features classical guitar with a flamenco style. This is another high point. It’s Bossa Nova with frivolous lyrics about food. Very nice work here. Laguna continues to showcase his technical ability. He can play some serious guitar. “Mesmerization” was more of a miss to me. It’s largely electronic with spoken words. “Sugar And Optimism” is a chip-tune based song that embraces 8-bit sounds and vocoder infused vocals. It’s quite catchy and I enjoyed this one. “Accordion” deliveries an accordion and notable vocal melodies. “Tree Line” is a highlight and my personal favorite song on this album. Laguna utilizes what sounds like a Marimba and xylophone. The song is very soothing and also contains some of my favorite vocal work on the album. There’s some very cool transitions as well. As the album progressed I thought there were a number of other highlights. “Who's the Pot Roast” is acapella. It’s like a barbershop quartet with additional spoken words. “Take Them Out” goes back in theatrical mode but even more so. The closer “Driving Song” was another highlight was warm guitars and bright energy. My only critique is that I did want one factor in his algorithm to weave in a consistent element that would make me feel like there was a signature sound. This felt a little more like a compilation album because of that. Laguna is an exceptionally gifted musician anyway you slice. He’s almost too talented to be contained to a single genre. There’s a lot to appreciate with this release and I loved the message as well.
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