Vinny\u2019s handling of the guitar, in respect to how each note and chord is plucked and stroked out, does a grand service to the album\u2019s laid-back sound and texture. In addition, Mike\u2019s masterful work at percussion serves to give each track its own unique flavour and style with the different kinds of beats he\u2019s managed to pull out of his hat. The most amazing flavour of the album, however, is Vinny\u2019s spectacular vocal ability. On a number of the tracks, Vinny puts on a different voice to match the tone and lyrics of the track. In a sense, this gives the objective singer of each song their own character and traits. For example, in the album\u2019s opening track, \u201cThere She Goes\u201d, Vinny assumes the voice of a grungy, douchey and boastful man singing about the many female catches he\u2019s made. In \u201cHazy\u201d, Vinny assumes a coarse, but soothing voice that can only be described as Kurt Kobain meets Eddie Vetter, to match the soulful, psychedelic drive of the music.<\/p>\n
What Could Go Wrong?, however, does have a slight number of things wrong, though, it\u2019s not enough to denounce the album title as ironic. A few of these problems are the odd discrepancies in production, such as the rather compressed sound of \u201cWe Had a Little Talk\u201d and the audio glitch effects in \u201cAlong the Way\u201d, a track that would probably do better without those effects due to its down-to-earth nature and message.<\/p>\n
Another is the simple fact that the entire album sounds rather same-y in its laid-back and non-explosive nature that it suffers from a mild, but easily tolerable case of what I\u2019d like to call the \u00a1Uno!<\/em> syndrome: where all the tracks in the album sound so alike through the course of the album that any and all excitement and interest would be completely shut off for the average listener. Fortunately, the syndrome isn\u2019t as effective as it was for Green Day\u2019s \u00a1Uno!<\/em> borefest, for which this phenomenon is named, namely because of the ideas and themes that colour each track on What Could Go Wrong?<\/em> The average mainstream listener who would usually listen to pop-blasters like Lady Gaga\u2019s Artpop<\/em> or accessible concept albums like Coldplay\u2019s Historias de fantasmas <\/em>would probably be turned off by this record. The average rock fanatic, though, would enjoy each track\u2019s flavour despite the overall average sound.<\/p>\n Despite those arguably minor shortcomings, What Could Go Wrong?<\/em> Is excellent in concept and execution. The musical pieces fall together neatly in place on this album, heralded by the fantastic musicianship of Vinny and Mike, where each song is gifted with a lovely suite of cool guitar-and-drum tunes, accompanied with strong and earthly vocals from Vinny. Every track works well and sounds great to the ears of the like-minded, though might shy away curious mainstreamers due to its consistently same tone and sound, despite every song on the album being decorated with its own unique spark, constrained within that sound. For Vox rojo<\/a>, What Could Go Wrong?<\/em> is a great first leap to take, and it\u2019ll be exciting to see in what direction Vinny and Mike will decide to take their next big leap.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"a2381559309_10\"](\"http:\/\/www.altwire.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/a2381559309_10-840x356.jpg\")
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