Full Review: Eye Alaska – Genesis Underground

In 2003 Brand New set the indie music scene on fire with ‘Deja Entendu’, an album which fused indie, emo, and hardcore elements into an explosive release. Eye Alaska may be coming from a different musical direction but ‘Genesis Underground’ has the same potential to spark a fury of copy cat artists which seek to follow in the same indie hip-pop style that the band has arguably mastered on their first attempt.

Interestingly Eye Alaska’s first introduction to the world was with their EP that had a ton of groove but didn’t really include any hip-pop flavor. “Roll Right Over” was the stand out track from the 6 song album and an obvious choice to re-record for ‘Genesis Underground’ with bass and drums providing a groove so thick it’s hard not to get caught in its path.

Tracks like “Show Me DaLuv”, “Star Pilot”, and even “American Landslide” will probably be written off as a good time but not essential. There are moments like the beginning of “Show Me DaLuv” with the talking that simply come off as cheesy or gimmicky. Songs like “Miles Don’t Mean Anything”, “My Soul, My Surrender” and especially “All Hail The High Sea” however, are the defining essence of what makes Eye Alaska’s contribution to the music scene powerful. “All Hail The High Sea” lays low at first only to be unleashed like a storm, raining down with a satisfying intensity.

Using a multitude of sounds and styles to convey their messages the band has put together an album that people may not know they’ve wanted so much until they hear it. Beyond anything else and no matter what your final opinion of this record is, the band was able to put out something different and exciting in the face of so much plastic pop/punk.

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