Delta Spirit lead singer Matthew Vasquez’s soulful but raspy vocals serve as the first attention-grabbing element to the band’s self-titled, third full-length album. Accompanied by a litany of classic and unconventional rock instruments, Vasquez’s voice floats along with the pleasant but upbeat sound the band maintains throughout the entire piece. The group manages to develop this sound through each track, growing more and more abstract toward the end, all the while keeping its buoyant sound. Unfortunately, this also means the band fails to serve any variations from this fun but constant tone. While the addition of new instrumentals, synthesizers and vocals adds some change, the album hangs in the same ambiance and speed throughout, rendering some songs unmemorable.
Grade: B
RevRanks: Delta Spirit, “Delta Spirit”
March 14, 2012