Album Review: Allan Rayman Is a Vibe In “Christian”
Allan Rayman is 100% memorable. He has a voice that sounds dragged by coals and burning rocks: it is fiery, jagged, sullied, and natural. He inherently emotes pain, which is, usually, what he sings to: embracing a world that seems more like a madhouse than a home. In Christian, out April 3, he walks with his broken wings like a fallen angel: calling out the hypocrisies and cruelties of those who think they are sane or even moral.
It’s funny. Sometimes, I see horrible people, easily, call themselves good, and good people, easily, call themselves horrible. Rayman observes that dynamic as he tries to decipher whether he is an angel or a demon. After all, we can all say we have loved and hurt someone, which is why he treats tracks like, “Industry,” “Madhouse,” and “Russia” like lyrical houses of mirrors. He can’t stop reflecting and deflecting on the world’s viciousness feeling like it infects him to either be cruel or be a victim of it. It is intoxicating to hear because you feel like his an angel guzzling down whiskey, in response, to feeling like humanity to him from God.
Okay, that last part may feel dramatic. Yet, Allan Rayman is dramatic, in part, because he is so raw. He feels like a cross between The Weeknd and Kurt Cobain; creating a punk R&B that grits and grinds under the glamorous lights of Hollywood Heartbreak. Think about it! Who has not been click-baited by a title of a celebrity break-up or a famous person sick? From “Eye To Eye” to “I Talk To My Cigarette,” Rayman has a very Holden Caufield/ outsider vibe that makes your gravitate to him like the narrative protagonist; calling out phonies, while wondering if he is one of them. For More Information on Allan Rayman And To Buy Christian On April 3 Click Here.
