Wyla’s Mean album is a follow up album to 2012’s lo-fi Night Fits. Songwriter Edward Madill has transformed the band’s guitar and drum duo into a four-piece ensemble. The North Carolina band has been on Blalock’s Indie Rock Playlist and the Mercedes Benz mixtape. Not only have they been busy being featured in BMX and skate videos, they also produce as well as engineer other bands in their studio in Black Mountain.
Mean opens with the explosive track “Elevator Went.” The smashing drums lets you vibe along with Madill’s wailing lyrics - “Hope sick brain, the elevator came. Took us up on down, but we ended in the same place.” “Heart Attack” is much more psychedelic acid rock with heavy riffs that makes it feel like you’re melting. The spooky vibe is heightened with the hypnotizing chorus, “Who’s scared of nothing? Nothing at all. ‘Cause nothing is all we’ll have, when everything is gone.” The mood gets more dire with off tempo song “Mar.” Unfortunately the record continues to get more depressing and slower paced. Songs like “Process Addiction” and “Black Cat” break up the mundane feeling with an energetic rush. However the majority of the tracks are sluggishly paced and colorless. Mean tries to find the beauty of the world that is heading toward destruction. It does a good job of filling listeners with loneliness while giving them hope. However, the sadness pours over the bright spots and leaves the album feeling like love is hopeless as well. The first half of the track list is pretty solid showing potential in its variety of sounds. But most of the songs are simply too long and lethargic that it brings the album to a crawl to get through.
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