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Reviewed
by: Darklight
Mesh is an extremely clean and polished smooth flowing synth-pop
band that incorporate all of the proper ingredients that give them an
adge. What I really like about this album is that each of the songs
stand out on their own without anything ever sounding really similar.
The band does a great job of incorporating different moods, emotions
and feelings throughout their compositions making for extremely entertaining
and enjoyable music.
First and foremost, the music development here is of the highest quality
blending well layered electronic programming with beautifully orchestrated
melodies, driving beats and occasional guitar. The songs build slowly
from melodic splendor to aggressive energy throughout their course delivering
a lot of different emotions. The vocals are also superb delivered in
a clean harmonic fashion as well as slightly more energetic.
Mesh isn’t satisfied with just sticking to one particular formula here,
so they deliver a wide variety of different synth-pop syles on this
CD. While overall they have an upbeat vibe, they get rather dark at
times as well. So much in fact that they sound a lot like Rosetta
Stone. They also get a bit aggressive with heavy guitars as
well. It’s on these tracks that they do sound similar to Hednoize.
There are, of course, the more melodic Depeche Mode styles offered
here as well.
While all of the winning combinations have already been covered here, the
band goes even further by offering some extremely well written lyrics that
are deep and meaningful. They also place the songs in a great order as to
separate the more energetic songs from the melodic ones to give good
contrast.
My only real complaint with this overall CD is that it is a bit too
commercial and mainstream sounding for my tastes. The band definitely
has crossover appeal, and would most likely be quite popular if they
got some exposure. I tend to like my synth-pop music to include a touch
of EBM. But this Mesh CD is highly recommended to synth-pop music fans
that like bands such as Depeche Mode, Hednoize and Rosetta
Stone.
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