Insight – A New Day (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Insight is a
solo-project set up by
Raúl
Muñoz-Torrero Gálvez. After several singles and the album “A Light In The
Darkness “(2016) we now get the new full length featuring ten songs.
Content: “A New Day” sounds as a ‘classic’ electro/dance-pop album from the Russian ScentAir label. All songs have been sung in English and are driven by danceable rhythms and carrying choruses. Some songs feature a few more sophisticated passages, but globally speaking this work sounds pretty familiar.
+ + + : The style doesn’t bring that much new, but I appreciate the efforts the artist has put in the global sound production of his work. Song-wise, most of the tracks reveal carrying and melodic passages with some elevating choruses. I mainly recommend “Last Goodbye”, which has been previously released as single.
– – – : Some of the ‘softer’ cuts like “The Perfect Ones” and “God Is In TV” can’t convince me at all. Insight sounds definitely more efficient with danceable kicks.
Conclusion: I think this is the kind of work that will appeal for all electro-pop fans in search of new discoveries.
Best songs: “Last Goodbye”, “Aching Heart”, “Cruel Life”.
Rate: (6½).
Artist: www.facebook.com/insight.music
Label: www.scent–air.com / www.facebook.com/ScentairRecords
About Insight
Insight is the solo project of producer Raúl Muñoz-Torrero Gálvez, who also handled production and mixing on “A New Day,” reviewed here. The album follows “A Light In The Darkness,” released in 2016. Both albums were issued via ScentAir Records.
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