The band Halocene releases their third album or EP called “Make It Loud”. Heavy on the vocals is the amazingly talented Addie Nicole. We also have Robert Hart or Cash, Joseph Justin Poilizzi, Bradley Amick, and Austin Amick with their amazing musical talents. If you didn’t know, they graced us with their musical talents with albums “The Secrets” and “Can You Hear Us Now?”. If you are a newer fan, you might know them by their famous cover music videos on YouTube which were just released recently if you pre-ordered a certain package during their campaign for the “Make It Loud” release. Let’s get down to the amazing track list which features: “Make It Loud”, “Nightmares”, “Let It Rain”, “Rock N’ Roll”, “Tell Me What”, and “Dark Hose”. After several listens to the album or EP, I can finally review it track by track.
“Make It Loud” is the first track off the album. This song to me, feels like an anthem more than anything. This song contains lyrics that just make you want to stand up and fight for what you believe in. I love the beginning of the song where the instrumental just draws you right into the song. When Addie comes into the song, it doesn’t feel rushed at all or forced, she cleanly comes in and it sounds beautiful. This is well performed and written track. This song, of course is not my favorite off the album, but deserves to be well noted as one of the better Halocene tracks out of all three albums. I feel they used the song right as to make it the opener for the album. Any other song would not have done as much justice to the album that it clearly deserves.
“Nightmares” is the second song off the album. One of the more notable lyrics for me is when Addie says “please just let me sleep”. This was the single they released for this album. At first listen, it might not sound appealing or interesting to a person taking a quick listen or hearing a quick sample of it, but this song grows on you. I can tell you it definitely grew on me. I love this song after all the times I have listened to it. I don’t know if I would of chose this song to be the single of the album. I personally think “Make It Loud” or “Rock N’ Roll” would have been a better choice. Overall, the song is still great.
Moving onto the third track of the album, we have “Let It Rain”. The beginning of this track is epic. It starts with a siren and then an epic intro leading into the song. It’s something you really can’t explain but the instrumental mixed with Addie’s voice sounds perfect. This track, according to fans that I have asked, is one of the best tracks or the deemed favorite track. I only asked a few fans but I can see why people would think highly of this track. It deserves all the praise.
The fourth album off the track is “Rock N’ Roll” which is my favorite off the entire album. The lyrics of this song were obviously written with a lot of passion. I feel like every time I listen to this song I want to scream “This is who we are”. Now some people may find it offensive when Addie sings “rich kids…never had to work a damn day”. If you listen to the song though, it’s telling their story about never giving up and having a hard time making it in the music business where others have had it easier. I love this song and it will always be my favorite off the album.
Continuing on to the fifth track, we’ve got “Tell Me What”. This song gives me such a pop-punk feel to it. I don’t know if anyone had that feel but I certainly did. I mean, they did open up for Blink-182. I love this song because it has a different feel to it rather than all the other songs. Did I mention the pop-punk feel to it? Yes, I will mention that again because pop-punk is awesome.
Lastly, the final track of the album “Dark Horse”. Obviously the cover song for Katy Perry’s song “Dark Horse” which I prefer a lot better than the original. Why? I think Addie’s voice sounds a lot better. I don’t really like a lot of cover songs as much but this band seems to pull them off very well. Even with Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” they were able to pull it off which is pretty hard to do. Seriously, if you try to compete with Ellie Goulding , you are asking for it… but they did it well!
Overall, the “Make It Loud” album or EP was great. None of the songs seemed to be throw in tracks. They all seemed well written and well performed. “Rock N’ Roll” and “Let It Rain” seem to be my two favorite tracks off the album. If the band continues going strong and having amazing music such as this, I am almost positive they will make it far.
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