Ocean Eyes- Owl City

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December 2, 2009 • April Schultz
Filed under Feature, Music Review

The overnight sensation, Owl City, consisting of singer/songwriter Adam Young, released a new album called Ocean Eyes featuring the hit single “Fireflies” September 1 this year.
Although “Fireflies” made its mark by topping the Billboard charts as #8 out of 100 hit titles, the victory for Owl City will be short-lived due to the mediocre performance of the rest of the album.

“Fireflies” is a very enjoyable song to listen to with its punchy, techno beat and sweet, thoughtful lyrics.

But as I continued to listen to the Ocean Eyes album I began to feel the need to remove the sugary, up-beat repetitive tune that coated my ear drums after each 4 minute song.
Instead of the supposed twelve separate songs that are written on the back cover, the entire album seemed to mesh together into one long and painfully happy-go-lucky tune consisting of a keyboard and the muffled tin can sound of Adam Young’s voice.

Even the supposed “sad lyrics” lose a lot of their impact when they are drowned out by the endlessly upbeat punches of the keyboard that eminate from every song on the album. If Young is trying to get a point across with his songs I sure hope it was a message involving sunshine, rainbows, and unicorns, if not it is definitely not coming across.

My suggestion is that you save nine dollars and just download the single “Fireflies” off iTunes for $1.29.

This one hit wonder album isn’t worth the money.

I suggest Adam Young change it up a bit.

He should put down the keyboard for a few songs, maybe add in a ballad here and there and create a jam packed album that will be enjoyable to listen to all the way through. Keep the fans guessing and always wanting more, don’t just give them the same song over and over again with a different title.

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