"With bigger choruses, heavier lyrics and impeccable vocals on each track, 'Breathe' is another great release from Tiny Moving Parts and may just be what they need to help introduce their music to a new demographic of listeners."
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Must Listen
By Rachael Dowd
Following up their previous album, Swell, that was released just last year, Tiny Moving Parts have taken their quintessential sound and turned it up on notch this time around. Featuring 10 unique tracks that listeners, both old and new, will find alluring, Breathe is a fantastic third album to come from the midwest band.
Filled to the brim with the powerful vocals of frontman Dylan Mattheisen and the easily identifiable finger tapping riffs of electric guitars, Tiny Moving Parts have taken their cultivated sound and injected a bit more into it with Breathe. The choruses are more explosive on many of the tracks including “Light Bulb,” a song that battles the turmoil that follows after someone close to you leaves. With lyrics like, “I’m nothing special, but I try to be,” “Light Bulb” is another Tiny Moving Parts song that features brutally honest lyrics many listeners will identify with.
“Medicine” is one of the strongest tracks on the whole album. With small hints of American Football influence, this is perhaps one of the rawest moments on the entire album. With simply composed verses that have those familiar finger-tapping guitar riffs weaved throughout, the entire song comes together in a hard-hitting chorus that will leave listeners immediately bopping their heads while also feeling the weight of each and every word Mattheisen is singing.
For those hoping for a similar sound to what is found on 2018’s Swell, “Bloody Nose” is the song for you. Following the similar composition of songs found on that record, this track is heavily driven by the percussion spearheaded by drummer William Chevalier. The song instantly kicks off with an explosion of vocals and drums, Tiny Moving Parts choosing to use the chorus lead-ups, especially before the finale, as the softer breakdowns where Mattheisen’s intense vocals take the forefront, letting the lyrics speak for themselves.
Overall, it is clear that Tiny Moving Parts are trying to slowly evolve their sound for a more commercial audience. Although hints of their previous releases can be found scattered throughout, Breathe is a major step in the right direction for the Hopeless Records band that shows the talent and versatility each member holds. With bigger choruses, heavier lyrics and impeccable vocals on each track, Breathe is another great release from Tiny Moving Parts and may just be what they need to help introduce their music to a new demographic of listeners.
