{"id":8942,"date":"2017-05-20T17:21:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T21:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altwire.net\/?p=8942"},"modified":"2023-12-06T06:38:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:38:44","slug":"altwire-review-fastball-celebrates-20th-anniversary-step-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/altwire-review-fastball-celebrates-20th-anniversary-step-light\/","title":{"rendered":"[AltWire Review] Fastball celebrates 20th anniversary with &#8216;Step Into Light&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When someone mentions the band Fastball, I\u2019m sure the first thing that pops into anyone\u2019s head is their 1998 hit single \u201cThe Way,\u201d from their breakthrough album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All The Pain Money Can Buy. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, the group has been putting out albums and singles with their latest, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step Into Light, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">being released May 19\u00a0on the band\u2019s own label, 33 \u2153 Records. This album shows that, even though it\u2019s been over 20 years since their first album was released, these guys can still put out something solid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe aren\u2019t much of a concept-album type band,\u201d Fastball vocalist\/bassist Tony Scalzo told AltWire in an interview. \u201cWe build our albums song by song, and there was a batch of songs that we had together for this album, and most of them made it onto this record and some of them didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The album opens with \u201cWe\u2019re On Our Way,\u201d which is made up of a groovy, catchy guitar riff that works well over a steady beat. This track works well to set up the rest of the album, which is filled with all sorts of diverse sounds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second track on the album, \u201cBest Friend,\u201d is a pretty self-explanatory album talking about the endless possibilities and magic of having &#8211; or being &#8211; someone\u2019s best friend. Tony Scalzo\u2019s voice during the chorus gives it sort of an \u201880s synth-rock sound that works well over the steady rhythm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moving on, \u201cI Will Never Let You Down\u201d is a cool, groovy-sounding pop rock tune about not letting someone down. I feel like I can really relate to the lyrics of the chorus: \u201cI\u2019m not too pretty once you reach the nitty-gritty \/ I\u2019m not the nicest guy in town \/ I might forget what I say, but at the end of the day \/ I will never let you down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fastball - I Will Never Let You Down\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kdvvB8nrDkE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The title track, \u201cStep Into The Light,\u201d comes in the middle of the album. It\u2019s a slower song that, according to Scalzo, is a \u201cself-reflection type song where you start thinking \u2018Maybe I don\u2019t need all this stuff that I thought I needed back when I was younger.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think it just means trimming the fat,\u201d Scalzo said. \u201cAs older men, I think that we value things that we never thought we would back when we were young rock-and-rollers. We\u2019re middle-aged rock-and-rollers now, with a lot more perspective on life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another standout on the album is \u201cSecret Agent Love:\u201d A fun, upbeat song about secretly falling in love. The last track on the album, \u201cFrench And The punk,\u201d starts off with a beautiful guitar riff. When Zuniga comes in with his deep voice, the track begins to sound like something my parents would have listened to on their old record player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMusically, it\u2019s a great departure from the rest of the record,\u201d Scalzo said. \u201cI think that\u2019s awesome. It\u2019s got a sort of light-hearted, almost like a scene from a movie, with made-up characters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s been eight years since Fastball put out an album, until now. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entra en la luz <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a great follow-up to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All The Pain Money Can Buy, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sporting a diverse range of fun, groovy tracks. The album is in stores May 19.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fastball is currently on tour with <a href=\"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/entrevista-de-everclear\/\">Claro como el sol<\/a> and Vertical Horizon. For a list of tour dates, visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastballtheband.com\/\" data-lasso-id=\"1559\" data-old-href=\"http:\/\/www.fastballtheband.com\/\" data-old- rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.fastballtheband.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and check back for our full interview with Tony Scalzo.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When someone mentions the band Fastball, I\u2019m sure the first thing that pops into anyone\u2019s head is their 1998 hit &#8230; <a title=\"[AltWire Review] Fastball celebrates 20th anniversary with &#8216;Step Into Light&#8217;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/altwire-review-fastball-celebrates-20th-anniversary-step-light\/\" aria-label=\"More on [AltWire Review] Fastball celebrates 20th anniversary with &#8216;Step Into Light&#8217;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1608,785,1661],"class_list":["post-8942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-fastball","tag-step-into-light","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}