It's Spooky To Be Young is the new sophomore album from LA-based musician Meredith Meyer. The album was produced by Bill Racine (Rogue Wave, Mates Of State).
The songs on It's Spooky are for the most part mellow affairs. String arrangements and deft programming create an eerie breeze that wafts through the songs. Subtle percussion, like the "Bela Lugosi's Dead" tap on "All Those Pictures" adds to the shivers.
The strongest tracks on the record are the ones that feature the programming most prominently. That's because it shows that Meyer is a more multi-dimensional than the expected woman-with-a-piano stereotype that we get of female singers. The processed whirl of album opener, the title track, slaps you in the face and makes you pay attention to that fact.
The big flashy beat of the gloomy yet catchy "Ain't It Divine" proves this again, while the Dresden Doll-like cabaret of "The Mystery Waltz" hammers that note again.
Meyer's vocals are lovely, but not exceptional. It's her slightly creepy lyrics that combine with the music to make her work stand out. That's definitely the case with "Video Game Girl", a track that should be required listening for every adolescent boy about to get his first girlfriend...or for every 20-something who refuses to break from his X-Box.
There are points when Meyer gets a little bit too mellow on us. As a result songs like "A Thousand Dandelions", "Tree Swing", and "Believe" are hardly noteworthy.
On It's Spooky To Be Young Meredith Meyer provides the listener with a handful of very memorable musical moments.
Best tracks: "Video Game Girl", "Ain't It Divine"
Track listing for It's Spooky To Be Young:
- It's Spooky To Be Young
- All Those Pictures
- Video Game Girl
- A Thousand Dandelions
- Tree Swing
- The Mystery Waltz
- Believe
- Modern City Carol
- Ain't It Divine
- Are You Awake?
6.5/10
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