{"id":33306,"date":"2012-08-07T10:18:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T10:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-american-scene-safe-for-now\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T21:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:39:37","slug":"album-review-the-american-scene-safe-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-american-scene-safe-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The American Scene – Safe For Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"With last year’s ‘By Way of Introduction,’<\/em> Berkeley, California’s The American Scene<\/strong> set the standard high with their confident brand of indie pop-rock. It was consistent yet lacked variation and at times it was too easy to compare the quartet to bands like The Dangerous Summer and The Starting Line.<\/p>\n

On ‘Safe For Now’<\/em> TAS have the tricky task of topping it. However its clear from the start that this band has grown into a mature indie rock band that thrives on emotive lyrics, warmly delivered by\u00a0Matthew Vincent. Early on tracks like ‘Blood Orange’<\/em> and ‘Hungry Hands’<\/em> show the bands more sincere and structured\u00a0approach\u00a0yet\u00a0subtly\u00a0keep the bands pop sensibilities with soaring choruses.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Elsewhere ‘When You’re Undone’<\/em> and ‘Shape Shifter’<\/em> contain a darker edge which is fittingly combined with\u00a0cathartic lyrics; on ‘Shape Shifter’<\/em> Vincent sings “I heard you don\u2019t believe in God anymore, I heard you fell out of love”.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The View From Here’ is an album highlight with its pinging guitar notes, intense vocal delivery and haunting lyrics. It has a slight emo edge and some may even compare it to Brand New. Nevertheless it s the aforementioned combination that draws you in and makes you realise how much this band has progressed since ‘By Way of Introduction’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For the later stages of ‘Safe For Now,’<\/em> TAS to an extent return to their pop-rock roots; ‘Used to You’<\/em> is an upbeat, bass-driven number that is a welcomed reminder of where they’ve come from and where they now are.<\/p>\n

Although\u00a0‘Safe For Now’<\/em> isn’t quite as instant as its predecessor, given time both new and old listeners will embrace it as the bands sincere lyrical approach has been neatly combined with a honest matureness, which gives them a much needed varied sound. Whilst it’s not all-round perfect, the bands progression is coming along well and their potential will\u00a0continue to grow with this release.<\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

‘Safe For Now’<\/em> by The American Scene<\/strong> is available now on Pure Noise Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The American Scene<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Tumblr<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Sean Reid (@SeanReid86<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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