The Furious Seasons’ “My Love is Strong,” is the type of album that can turn anyone into a fan of Americana.
Thanks to top-notch Americana vocals and guitar work by David Steinhart and plenty of support on Bass from his brother Jeff Steinhart, as well as old-school beating drums by Bob Gannon and Eric Marin on keyboards, there’s a richness to the sound in the Furious Seasons “My Love is Strong†that makes this band fans of top Americana acts the likes of Mumford and Sons and The Lumineers simply must listen to.
Like a combination of Procol Harum and Steely Dan, The Furious Seasons steal your ears with lyrics that can only be described as sage-like. Talking about life and relationships, David Steinhart’s vocals are as real as can be. The simple rhymes but deep emotions conveyed in a track the likes of “Perfectly,†make him someone you can quickly trust. The nice cascading guitar and bass lines in the track also set the tone wonderfully. Simply put, this is a song to make love to.
But these guys do more than throw catchy ballads around. “Southern Night†is just a fun song with everything from organ and infectious 10-man vocal harmonizations that’ll take you back to an easier time in music where a chorus and some passion in the verses is all you needed to have a hit. A track about a man who is jilted by an old friend only to shoot him and prepare for the consequences, the story-telling is there from the start. It’s something that bands and acts the likes of Bob Dylan and even Death Cab for Cutie have mastered and their influences on this band are undeniable.
“Bad Man†is another track that’ll feel like a flashback, throwing the Dylan-type vocals at the listener, but simple yet more personal introspection to the lyrics, making it feel like something Paul Simon would have sung in his prime. It’s impossible not to get a high off the lyrics. “I wish I had what it takes to break your young heart. It should be quick, it should be easy. It’s so eager to be torn apart, but I do not have it in me to be truly mean. Even sh** faced drunk, I’m happy and I’m clean.†Add in the rich 12-string guitar and organ on the track give it some extra flavor, making it a track you can see a bar full of men singing at the end of the night.
Adding to the depth and range of the band’s sound is “Full Disclosure,†which has a Ska feel to it with Jeff Steinhart’s best bass work on the album and horns that make it something that could have been in the film “Snapshot,†during one of the film’s many road trip scenes.
Able to croon through emotional lyrics, yet tell everyman stories, using a wide range of vocal and lyrical styles and instruments, The Furious Seasons continue to refine the Americana genre and prove they’re a band that has great influences but a sound that’s incredibly hard to replicate.
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