Dennis DeYoung - Desert Moon
#330
1984 Housekeeping
Dennis DeYoung
Desert Moon
3.75 out of 5
Highlights:
Don't Wait for Heroes
Desert Moon
A few years ago the band, fun., didn't exactly "break up" but just took an indefinite hiatus. One member disappeared. Another, Jack Antonoff, created a band, Bleachers, wrote a bunch of hits for Taylor Swift and Lorde, made a chunk of change, got engaged to Lena Dunham, broke up with Lena Dunham...
The lead singer, Nate Reuss, put out an album of his own, Grand Romantic. It felt like a bit like a hollow interpretation of fun. and his previous band, The Format.
Like he was either in a fun. cover band or he was singing to pre-programmed fun. music.
It was fine. Actually, a bit more than fine because he was the primary melody/lyric writer for the band. So, his essence was all over it. It just wasn't great, you know?
That's how I feel about this record. Like it *sounds* like DeYoung and a bit like Styx, if Styx was doing what he wanted them to do, but it was sans the other members who made Styx Styx.
It's weirdly listenable but he's no troubadour or sex symbol or really that great of a vocalist. Or even a songwriter. When he gets it right, it's not half bad. He hits more often than he misses. And "Gravity" reminds me a LOT of Nate Reuss, who, I guess, is the spiritual heir to Dennis, in a way.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/desert-moon-remastered/1609385
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