Feeder has brought out their latest 12-track release, Tallulah, is a journey back to their roots, inspired by American pie-style frat parties and pissing on peoples heads from balconies.
The album kicks off with a strong ‘high school never ends’ feel – a motive championed by the illustrious Bowling For Soup – though, it feels watered down by the time the closing tracks roll around. Which, make no mistake, isn’t entirely a bad thing at all.
Throw in talk of California and wishing you were young, and you can’t help but long to be in the sneakers of an American teen, at a messy frat party, enjoying a flat beer out of a red solo cup and staring longingly at the ‘popular’ girl in school.
5 tracks in, I’m starting to think that it’s 1985 and that Bruce Springsteen and Madonna are coming back. Although, whilst I’m enjoying a heavy dose of nostalgia, vicariously, the tone somewhat shifts towards the end. I’m dragged out of teen euphoria and thrust into a bittersweet reality on tracks such as ‘Windmill’ and ‘Lonely Hollow Days’. Like leaving education and realising it ain’t all sunshine and rainbows anymore.
These closing tracks lend themselves to someone who relishes in a more modern indie-rock tune. Which, is actually quite refreshing considering the rapid pace in which the album starts. But, by the time the final track has finished, you feel as though you’ve witnessed a man’s journey from care-free, high school party reveller to a woke adult, reflecting on his difficult life choices. The fun has gone and the mortgage calls.
Haiku Review
High school never ends,
It’s gradually ending,
Yep, it just ended.
You can listen to Feeder on Spotify and Apple Music
