ALOHA “Here Comes Everyone”
Here Comes Everyone is a release that personifies the description that music can contain warmth. In what is surely to be ALOHA’s most complex and well-developed release to date, the twelve songs on here serve up a smattering of bright tones and swirling rhythms. The arsenal of instruments deployed by ALOHA is impressive, including a fleet of vibraphones, organs, keyboards, a harpsichord, a mellotron, and the more traditional slate of guitar, bass, and drums. Correspondingly, there’s a busy-body approach to the songwriting on Here Comes Everyone, and simple foundations find themselves at the mercy of layered intricacies and tremendous soundscapes. Adding to this deeply woven equation are story-telling lyrics framing episodes of awkwardness while finding comfort through familiarity. At times, ALOHA shift towards a more orchestral sound, especially on the grandiose, “Boys in the Bathtub,” which delivers a room-filling charm, and “Water Your Owns,” which mimics the force of a glowing waterfall. Tony Cavallario’s gentle lead vocals are efficient in keeping a vocal presence, but I don’t ever get the impression that anything ALOHA does is written with the vocals as a central focus. Given the extreme degree of particularity that exhudes from each track, every subsequent listen to Here Comes Everyone reveals something previously left undiscovered, and that’s definitely a draw to what these guys are doing. As interesting as this release is though, the developed natured to this band’s songs allows me to have a hunch that ALOHA’s live show blows their recorded output off the charts…
Polyvinyl
