Much Love - It's Pathetic, Forget It, I'm Fine.

When to Listen: When your feeling moody.
Accesability: Accessible
TLDR: A well composed reflection on young (and regular) adulthood

I'm fine.

Words I have uttered many times in my life, usually, when I am in fact not fine. My 20's were dominated by this phrase - and if Much Love has anything to say about -  It was that way for a lot of people.

Much Love, by Microwave, is a reflection to the tension of being in your 20's: trying to figure everything out while persisting. Covering topic's between failed relationships, drinking too much / partying and just trying to fit in / make it, its a weirdly familer retro spective, while being familer to the struggles we all face daily. It does all this while also maintaining a balance of being emotional, relatable and not going to deep or too corney. Its in this balance of message and music that a true masterpiece is born.

I never quiet understood why Microwave wasn't more popular - it's possibly cause they manage to blend generas while not quiet being a definable. Somewhere between midwest emo - indie rock and alt country they manage to be extreamly familer in sound, while also being distincily unique. In Much Love they manage to bring this togther in a culimination of well crafted and deeply meaningful songs.

The standouts on this album clearly have to be Dull, Busy and Whimper. Dull speaking to the invetable cold finsh of a failed relationship, Busy a testimate to trying to fix something you broke and Whimper about a one sided relationship where your just used. Ah - your 20's. Outside of their lyrical reverence, all three songs have strong compostion, playing between generas and tone. Setting a subuded yet optimistic tone.

This album is not a happy album, yet it somehow an optimistic one. Despite the deep topics it somehow strikes a tone of perservernce. I know when i look back at my 20's that is how i felt it, i perservered - everything seems to have worked out (as much as it ever does). I think that is what is what really makes this album - its both musically amazing, while also deeply relateable, and in hind sight sets a tone you can move on - I dont know, maybe thats pathetic.

Forget it. We all are fine.