“Beautiful Boys and Girls” beams of bright hope for a new era in Denison Witmer’s song writing but the track turns out to be only a glimmer in hindsight. Overall a worthy song, the special something which makes it’s way into a lot of the songs, however, is absent from the album’s opener.
“Life Before Aesthetics” is an album highlight and it makes that known only moments into the track. Upbeat and bouncy the track provides the right amount of twang and treble in addition to Denison’s skill to resist the urge to run the hooks into the ground. The two opening tracks, while not foreign, are a bit out of the traditional Witmer style although that is corrected with the 3rd song, “From Here On Out” which brings in the reflective, mellow and slightly somber style.
There are a couple of tracks which are can only be described as “fine”. Neither terrible, nor exceptional by any means, these songs land flat and don’t really do much for moving the album along including the title track “Carry The Weight”. Witmer’s voice sounds as if he’s not even trying while the words repeat over and over. “Isn’t It Poetry” in contrast, absolutely pops out of the speakers with a color and warmth that fans have grown to expect.
“If You Are The Writer” is predictable to say the least with it’s back and forth of, “if you are the writer then I am the page”, nevertheless the song shines hitting it’s high notes, perfectly mixing speed and melody to craft a beautiful song. “Chesapeake Watershed” slows things down to a crawl with and almost acappella first half before an echoing drum and atmospheric instruments begin. Faithful fans will definitely find much to enjoy but may feel slightly disappointed with the album as a whole while new comers should find this record a good introduction.
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