Album Review: Amy Shark Makes You A Night Thinker
Amy Shark’s The Night Thinker gives off the vibe that this is an album to be played in the darkness of your room and thoughts. I had recently reviewed her single, Weekends, and was impressed by her capacity to capture the manners and motivations of human beings just trying to stay sane enough for tomorrow. Sometimes, the best or rather only thing we can do for ourselves is stay sane; The Night Thinker is five tracks observing the methods we use to survive our daily and stay hopeful for our future. Amy Shark – Weekends
Shark writes songs as if she is watching humanity from a park bench or driving around the town at night and observing the people that cross before her at a stoplight. I know that may come off creepy, but, in action, songs such as “Blood Brothers” and “Deleted” are moreso melancholic. They emanate the eagerness of humanity to connect with each other and feel important or special, even for a second. These songs, similar to “Adore” and “Drive You Mad”, display the “Look At Me” nature that can be glued to Millennials, but is, truthfully, a human desire. We want our lover to look at us, we want others to admire us, and we want to have a mind-blazingly good time that blows away every nagging worry, and there is NOTHING wrong with that. Its human to want to be seen as greatness, but it is in how you define greatness of rather how ” badly ” you want said “greatness” that Shark thrives a lyricist and singer. Amy Shark – ADORE [Official Music Video]
Instrumentally and vocally, The Night Thinker feels like a long, drawn thought “popified” through computerize beat that are both fluid and overcasting in affect. The album just shrouds over you as each synth and smoked vocal from Shark explains how every human being has that moment where they lie in bed, look at their ceiling, and think, “What am I doing with my life, and can I do something better or different?”, i.e. “Worst Girl”. Shark’s voice has the weighty, deference to bow before the music and words she is shining through, and actually be empathetic to the sentiments she is singing upon. She might be one of the few singers who can emanate thoughtfulness as a vocal attribute. Like I said, there is nothing wrong with wanting to be seen and heard, but how you react to such matters does matter. For More Information On May Shark And To Buy The Night Thinker Click Here.
