The FrightsHypochondriac

Hypochondriac endeavours to be a depressed-but-quirky type album, and while starting on shaky legs, it finds it’s rhythm and gets there eventually.

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It doesn’t have the refined air you’d expect from a third album, but The Frights channel the emotions of your first heartbreak through their surf rock vibes and it makes for okay easy listening.

The album was produced by FIDLAR frontman Zac Carper, and his influence pours through the album, particularly in tracks like Me and We and I. The band takes creative leaps and bounds, and there is some payoff throughout the album, however for the most part it created a feeling of unease and disconnect.

The Frights channel the emotions of your first heartbreak through their surf rock vibes.

As a first or second album Hypochondriac might have been enough, but the album felt lacking overall. The lyrics felt insincere, the sort of things we’ve heard time and time again, and while there is an exploration of different sounds, they weren’t cohesive enough to add to the value of the album.

Not losing all hope the band is onto something with their sounds, tracks like Hold me Down and Crutch showed so much promise, only to be surrounded with filler tracks that felt under developed and over produced.

Although, if your taste lies on the lighter, indie side of punk and you’re searching for an easy listening album with pop sounds and teen heartbreak lyrics, then this is an album for you.

STANDOUT TRACKS: Over it, Crutch, Hold me Down
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