Replica Rock

posted in: Artist Features • Pop

Life’s tough, and sometimes music is the only thing that can get you through the bad stuff. Insightful pearls of wisdom, gently delivered by a soothing voice can be a great salve to mend a broken heart ¦ if you’re a LOSER. Why spend the night sniffling to Nick Drake and hugging your cat when you could leave those troublesome human emotions behind and let the robots run the show? The Appreciation Post channels their inner cyborgs to deliver synth-heavy pop with novelty-sized hooks. On The Beating of a Lifetime, singer Jim Keaney quips, Life sucks / then you die / You aim low / You get by as synthesizers swirl and chirp like a mechanical chorus. Grungy, angular riffs, streaking synths, strident harmonies and a high production sheen combine to create some serious pop muscle. Life may veer over to the suck side of the street every now and again”when it does, try letting the ‘bot rock of The Appreciation Post provide a little bionic therapy.