“Heaven Help a idiot who falls in love” The Lumineers lead singer and songwriter, Wesley Schultz, wrote this lyric for one in all their new singles, “Ophelia”. However earlier than “Ophelia” was continually enjoying on the radio, The Lumineers got here out with their self-titled debut album. This band took the nation and world by storm with their first single, “Ho Hey”. They’re an previous style band with a contemporary twist. Instantly after listening to their first album I discovered that they’ve a chilled different fashion that I might hearken to on repeat.
Out of the 2 albums that The Lumineers have launched this one is certainly my favourite. Folks simply don’t discover this sort of music wherever; it’s an album that somebody can love each tune and by no means get sufficient of it. Though this album got here out in 2012, that doesn’t cease me from jamming out to the songs within the automobile.
A few of these songs would come with: “Ho Hey”, “Sluggish it down”, and “Charlie Boy”.
“Ho Hey” is their first single and primarily the explanation they grew to become so well-known. If it weren’t for this fashionable tune, who is aware of if they’d have practically as many followers as they’ve right now. This tune is how I acquired launched to the group and I used to be instantly hooked not solely to the tune however to the band as effectively. It’s a few love that this man by no means had. He appreciated a girl however she didn’t reciprocate the emotions; leaving him heartbroken.“ I don’t suppose you’re proper for him”, the artist sadly sings as he tells the story of him not being chosen. They repeat “ho” and “hey” in between lyrics and it makes this tune stand out from the others.
“Sluggish it Down” is one other nice tune on this album. By the title, individuals may suppose that it’s the slowest tune out of all of the tracks; to me additionally it is essentially the most melancholy. The lyrics and rythm make me need to cry everytime I hear them. I can clearly inform the writer is in ache, he misplaced the woman of his desires and is having a tricky time letting her go. Confused about why she left him, he begins to turn into depressed. When the singer reaches the tip of the tune, he praises the woman and says, “We by no means seemed again. That wasn’t what we have been good at”. I’ve by no means been in love, subsequently I wouldn’t know what it’s prefer to lose that particular person. However this tune provides me a small style of heartbreak and I hope to by no means undergo it.
The final tune that I shall be speaking about is “Charlie Boy”. My standpoint fully modified on this tune after I noticed the band stay in live performance. At first I assumed it was simply one in all their extra upbeat songs a few man who went into the struggle. After actually listening to it in live performance, it seems that the tune is about his eldest uncle who volunteered for the Vietnam Struggle. The lead singer sings, “ Kennedy made him consider. We might do rather more”. Sadly, he was killed in fight and the individuals again house have been heartbroken. Wesley Schultz wrote this tune as a stupendous tribute to the individuals who died in any struggle by displaying empathy, knowledge, and humanity.
Total, I might purchase this album even when the one songs have been “Ho Hey”, “Sluggish it Down”, and “Charlie Boy” however each different tune additionally has significant, wonderful lyrics. I might additionally counsel to purchase their newer album, “Cleopatra”. It’s simply as chilling and comprises a ton of private tales. The Lumineers put a twist on fashionable different music, they’re like nothing else on the market.
