Concert Review: Honors Show The Difference Between The Heart And Mind At Baby’s All Right
The difference between emotion and mood fascinates me because I FEEL there is a difference between the vibes/ atmospheres your presence sets and the sentiments your heart captures. Sometimes, you can simply be in a “mood” without, necessarily, an emotional prompt. Still, this is just one of MY MANY theories on life that you read in my reviews, but yet you can see in Honors’ concert or, at least, I did in their Baby’s All Right show.
If music were a drug, which, arguably, it can be, than Honors would be one of its top dealers. dressed in black and with basslines so heavy, you feel like you are being pulled into the earth’s core, there music is a staple for, what I call, “mood music”. Honors’ tracks do not aim to exhilarate or calm your heart-rates, but place you in a mental state of in-between where you are all about your vibes more than your virtue. This does not say that songs are not about sentiment. “Over”, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”, and “Compromise” are dedicated to the surges of inner power we want to exude into our surroundings, but feel like we cannot. We all have ideas we think are better and planned actions we believe we can realize, and then, reality and other people strike to show you that the reason your dreams feel so good is because they are only in YOUR head. Once they try to seep into others’ lives; that is when the sole mood and motivation they individually offered you become challenged to see what they really mean to you. These were my favorite tracks, in part, because I love songs that capture the clash between light and dark through grunge synths and tumultuous verbosity. Honors “one up” the classic “sad song” that, usually, aims for putting tears in a spiritual bucket, and instead goes for the mind-frame of sadness. Hence, my theory that “mood music” is all about analyzing the mind behind emotions rather than the heart, which Honors do.
The vocals/ harmonies in Honors’ tracks further their mental soundscape; where the crowd is left building and deconstructing the mystery of themselves. “Valleys” and “All My Life” feel like that “moment” in Heaven when your whole life is played before you. It captures the sounds and lyrical streams you imagine would pour from the sky as your ultimate fate is decided; were you heavenly or hellish? The mysterious outcome is befitting for a band whose music has been spreading more than their origins; an intriguing approach to gaining a wider audience. It clearly is working as seen by their packed NYC debut show. Moreover, when you have music that makes people see their minds, it helps them live better in their hearts. For More Information On Honors Click Here.
