Meantime is the brainchild of Slovakian and South African expats Stefan Klein (guitars/arrangements/programming) and Adam Stanley (vocals/lyrics). The band recently released Absent, in Recovery which is a nine-song album.
Their music to my ears is heavy hitting rock. It’s got an almost commercial mainstream gloss to the production but not in a bad way. The songs often sound somewhere between bands like Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age to my ears. The band gets going with “Big Wave” which begins with ambient sounding guitar and vocals. There is a serious tone to the music and soon enough the band starts to rock. As I mentioned, the production is borderline perfect to the point where I almost wanted something a little more raw. That being said there is no denying how explosive the song is. The drumming is fantastic and there are well-delivered passionate vocals. They really amp it up with “Take Flight.” I loved the surge of energy towards the beginning that simply rocks. “Glass Flowers” sounded like a Foo Fighters B-side. I was getting serious Dave Grohl vibes on this song. The band got a little more melodic with “Savage” which was a welcome change of pace. Everything was more subdued and atmospheric with this song. They get really heavy into metal territory with “Perpetual Dance Move.” “The Final Chapter” was a killer track and notable highlight in the batch while “Tightrope” is another rocking song in the vein of the ’90s rock the band obviously prefers. They aren’t done rocking and arguably do it most epically on “Mirrors.” Last but not least is the title track “Absent, in Recovery” which is an intense and fast song. This album had a late ’90s - early ‘00s vibe. The production as well as the songwriting felt like the post-grunge/Nirvana era. There is no doubt the songs are great and there was a lot of work put into these signs. Take a listen.
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