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Tyler Speaks
for Me: Self-Titled
Suddenly I have a hankering to go beat someone up for fun. Tyler Speaks for Me introduces themselves by giving away the top five things wrong with music today: lack of originality, abundance of unoriginality, no one is original, it all sounds the same, and overall sameness. Then continue on to describe their music as a sonic attempt to kill genre barriers and break through the commercial superficiality that cloud todays music scene. Thats a lot to say for a debut EP, but I guess the key word here is attempt. Not to say they dont give it a good shot. These three guys formed in 2002 with founding members Jason (vocals, synth, piano, guitars) & Jeremy Sherman (bass, screams) and Chucky Schlinkman (drums). They are currently looking for a fourth member to add to their goal of spanning the globe of musical genres. They attempt to deliver a mixture that calls for a full liter of melodic hardcore, a few tightly packed cups of emo, and a scoop or two of indie rock. After my first listen, I remembered little more than bits and pieces, but a few more passes revealed more energy and emotion that I hadnt caught the first time around. Yet, I still felt the album had some directional issues. The songs sounded slightly scattered and confused. Its like they are trying so hard to be original that they dont stop to think about the complete musical package. This is not to say artists cant deliver scattered and confused as an art form, but it has to work. It isnt quite working for TSFM at least not just yet but there is potential. They said it perfectly when they described themselves as a band on the edge of discovering their potential. This band may be on to something, but this debut feels like more of an experiment. Its as if they start with an idea, arent quite sure where to go with it, and end up just blending it with something else before taking the time to fully develop it.
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