Should no longer be anyone’s secret with catchy debut album
It’s always exciting to discover a new band that produces some tight beats and catchy melodies and Secret Someones is one such band. With their debut album, Headfirst, this band delivers a number of tracks with just the right mix of pop, making their music accessible. “I Won’t Follow” is illustrative of this.
“Quit Pulling Me Down” starts with lead vocals accented by a light beat and hazy guitar sound. This all builds with the drums and finally we are hit with the fun chorus – it doesn’t disappoint.
It’s hard to pick a bad track on this album with most songs instant radio wave pleasers. Take “Let You Go”, which from the first few notes draws the listener into the melody with ease.
However, it’s the familiar sound of “Hey Hey Honey” that is the stand out track on this album for me. Yes it’s definitely catchy, but there is a familiarity to its sound that had me drawn to it again and again and the anthem chant in the bridge probably helped get me hooked in and holding on.
Title track “Headfirst” and “Only One I Want” both possess sharp lyrics and smooth electronic beats complementing their respective choruses through the that electro synth sound that is every bit hip now.
“Heartbreaker” is the requisite ballad track on the album, although I use the term “ballad” in these circumstances in the loose sense. It’s a slower tempo track lamenting love and heartbreak in the way all classic ballads do – but it’s still very much punchy and doesn’t verge on the cheesy melodrama.
Secret Someones is the brainchild of NYC singer/songwriters Bess Rogers, Lelia Broussard, Hannah Winkler and their drummer/multi-instrumentalist Zach Jones. If you love Tom Petty, Weezer and alike then you’ll love this predominantly female led collaboration.