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Jon Chinn:
I Can't Believe You Live Like That
You walk into some dimly lit room, weaving your way through people casually leaning against columns and sitting on swanky little footstool-like chairs, engaged in conversation. A guy puts one hand through his tousled hair and with the other takes the hand of his girlfriend, looks deep into her eyes and begins to speak from his heart. She looks as though shes going to cry. The waitress brings her friend a low foam skinny vanilla latte. The sound of an acoustic guitar weaves through the air. The soft and subtle sound of I Cant Believe You Live Like That is the soundtrack. The radio-friendly first track Lying through Your Teeth sets the musical stage for the next nine tracks to follow. The only trouble is, when you reach the end and try to think of what youve just heard, its hard to conjure up much more than a blend of distortion, acoustic guitar and Jons voice in some nondescript manner. That is except during my first listen when I got to the chorus of track three, Stop Being So Dramatic, and heard hold me now, Im worthless to the world/hold me now what do I know Im just a girl. I just thought.wait, what.backup. And then listen to some moreoh ok, I get it. I even had it in the car when someone else was with me and I saw the same look I mustve had on my face during the first chorus, that what the? look and then later the Oh look. Good times. The title track and album closer has Jon singing softly with a piano, sounding as if the music is blaring out through your grandmas dusty old record player. Did I just hear the piano skip? The lyrics, this is day two of the job that makes you want to shoot yourself in the head suddenly reminded me that I need to update my resume. Jons sentimental voice and heartfelt lyrics are gentle and non-offensive, blending nicely with his primarily acoustic debut album. Its a strong first effort from the PrettyMightyMighty frontman with a circle of friends leaning in for support, including members of the band. The record was recorded in his own Workbook Studio in Columbus, Ohio with good quality. The sincere collection of songs, however, left me feeling as though something was missing, maybe more versatility despite the very final sound of the record players head pulling off the vinyl at the end of track ten.
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