Customer Reviews

Para Toda Vida

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Everything Matt Pryor (or any Get Up Kid for that matter) touches is gold. This is no exception. In this project Pryor strays a bit from the standard acoustic rock of 'Never You Mind', but he manages to do so while still keeping an even flow throughout the album. I've never been a bluegrass fan, but something about the way Matt approaches the genre makes it really good. Unfortunately on his latest release 'Worse for the Wear' he loses that flow by changing song style too frequently. If you haven't heard 'Stay on the Phone' you really need to buy this album. That is probably my all-time favourite song.

Matthew Pryor (singer, guitarist for the Get Up Kids) releases his second solo album as The New Amsterdams. The album's opening notes of harmonica and acoustic guitar remind me (in a good way) of Bruce Springsteen. Album highlights are song 2 (picture in the paper) and 3 (son of a prophet). These are excellent, beautifully written and sung songs that, unfortunately, set too high a bar for the rest of the album. While still good, after the three song intro the music tends to blend together.

Fans of GUK will recognize the sound from "Out of Reach" and "I'll Catch You" from Something to Write Home About.

Bottom Line: Good, not excellent

They mold a bluegrassy sound into there music. Which makes it sound unique, and much better than "Never You Mind". Stand out tracks would be "My Old Man Had a Pistol", "Four More Years" and "Son of a Prophet". They also incorporate the harminoca in some of their songs. The rest of the songs on this score are MUCH better than any on their last CD. Though they have developed a much more unique and better sound than some bands like "Dashboard Confessional" their lyrics arn't as meaningful or heartfelt(Which can be a relief). This band has developed greatly since their previous release.

This new New Amsterdams CD id twice as good as the last one. It keeps you in touch with both an acoustic and emotional calm as well as bluegrass roots (track 6). Careful, these tunes are bound to get stuck in your head. My personal favorite is Stay On the Phone (track 4) because it's different than all the others. Overall I think it's great and well worth buying.

Para Toda Vida is somewhat better than their first album. They, in a way, sound a lot like Dashboard Confessionals, but do possess and different beat and sound. More than the songs, I was only looking for calm music I could listen to rather than loud, hard rock. It's perfect for just plain easy listening or on the road.

I think that this cd is very good actually,but mainly i like all there songs on there cd's so it doesnt matter,New Amsterdams are awsome,whats more to say?