Album Review: Quiet Slang’s Everything Matters But No One Is Listening

What if you took a rock anthem and turned it into a ballad? Imagine “We Will Rock You” if it were led by violin strings? Beach Slang’s frontman James Alex has taken the band’st hits and turned them from raucous, rock classics into intimate, piano laced song. Hence, his solo artist name as Quiet Slang, and his new record Everything Matters But No One Is Listening.

In some ways, as a writer, I understand James decisions to quiet the back-drop, and put his lyrics on the forefront: words matter. Yet, a gut-busting drum solo or roaring guitar melody could shroud the weight of a verse and the wisdom of a message. Honestly, how many times have you found out a lyric years after a song came out to say, “That is what he was singing?” I am lover of a good beat, but I find a good verse can move me more. Thus, Everything Matters But No One Is Listening is not another political statement but a “personal/social” one. James Alex wants you listen to the lyrics that, for so long, you have been playing.

“Too Late To Die Young”, “Throwaways”, and “Warpaint” of how re-arranging a rock anthem into an orchestra style, stringed soundscape transforms its message/artist. Alex truly drives home that he is a writer for the poet, the outcast, and the ultimately alienated. Songs that once rallied people become ones that make them sit, listen, and ponder their isolation and dreamy sadness. From “Dirty Cigarettes” to “Noisy Heaven”, Alex words turn bouts of depression into sparks of creativity, transferring the pain of wanting to be loved into act of love through art. As his voice smokes, fogs, and vapes through his lyrics, he truly embodies a quiet slang. For More Information On Quiet Slang And To Buy Everything Matters But No One Is Listening Click Here.