There are a number of bands who I’ve developed what you might call ‘a bit of thing’ for recently. One thing that is common to them is that I just know their releases will be fab. Patience is one of those bands.
‘I’ll Be Fine’ is, in short, a heavy emo track. Excpt this is far from adequate as a description. It would be better to say that this song is all about musical light and shade or, to put this more crudely, the ‘quiet/loud’ness. You get what I mean, don’t you?
You see this track is made up of very heavy emo and gorgeously ethereal synth sections. This would be enough to make this absolutely fabulous on its own but it’s the way these flow into each other that makes this so good it hurts. Oh, I forgot, the band adds in these touches of math-rock. And the playing is outstanding; take my word for it. The icing on the cake here is a mesmerising vocal, a vocal that soars from ethereal to full blown.
One thing before I close the review. I have to admit that I’ve never been, beyond odd tracks, a fan of emo. Most emo and emo influenced music leaves me completely unmoved. Patience, however, seem to bring something to their emo influenced music that just clicks with me. If I could positively identify what that is I’d be a happy reviewer but the thing is I can’t. There’s something in the hugeness of the sound, something in the touches of an almost proggy sound. But these are vague and far from an identified thing.
‘I’ll Be Fine’ is fantastic. It’s brilliantly sung and played, put together and written. Look, just go and listen to it right now.
