Drab Majesty - Modern Mirror
Ambitious and modern, featuring hints of some classic ’80s pop
Greek mythology and a heck load of reverb; welcome to Modern Mirror by Drab Majesty. This album is ambitious and modern while featuring hints of some classic ’80s pop. I enjoyed this album for its ability to allow you to connect to the music, but at the same time, give you the freedom to completely ignore the meaning of the songs and just dance along.
With the repetition of echoing, whispery lyrics “A Dialogue” creates a build up without it reaching a peak, but when it hits the 3-minute mark the bass drum kicks in and you know the rest of the album will impress. Drab Majesty have perfectly adapted classic electro-pop together with contemporary technology. Through their tracks like “The Other Side”, “Ellipsis”, and “Dolls In The Dark”, I could daggy dance my way through the day.
The first single “Ellipsis” romantically plays up the distorted concept of courting through modern technology in a world that has yet to adapt; a theme the band set out to do; “each song on the record tells a piece of the story in which the listener’s own self-identity has become warped and dissociated through rapidly expanding technology, losing touch with the origins of their own personalities.” The theories and thoughts behind the music are so impressive. Lyrics like “two modern minds won’t say what they want to” is one of the reasons why you can connect and associate yourself to this album. It compels you to think about your position in the modern world.
“Noise Of The Void” plays are eerie, mysterious role to the album. There’s a dark voice behind this song, accompanied with deeper riffs and heavier composition, as opposed to “Oxytocin” which is a higher pitched song with a catchy chorus and a breezy feel throughout. “Out Of Sequence” is the final song of the album and it is eight minutes of marvelous. With a deceptive intro, it transforms into a theatrical reflection of the album’s sound.
The music in Modern Mirror flows effortlessly from verse to chorus and back. You can tell that this has been a well thought out piece of art and has been planned and worked on immensely (having traveled to Greece to acquire the basis of the album). Lyrics, music, and voice accompany each other to create modern-day theories through song. You can’t decide if the music or the voice is the main attraction, but both hold equal importance and equal effectiveness.
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