Review: Bad Suns – Accelerator

Bad Suns - Accelerator
Adam Grundy

Bad Suns are on the right trajectory on their fifth studio album, Accelerator, that leans heavily into lead vocalist/guitarist Christo Bowman’s personal life. Bowman has a lot to be thankful for: a beautiful wife and growing family that now includes a child, and it becomes increasingly evident on this new LP that he is also truly coming into his own as a gifted songwriter with a clear vision for the music he’s making. Accelerator is Bad Suns’ first full-length studio album in three years, while the last time we heard music from the band was in the form of a 2023 EP, named Infinite Joy, that gave clues as to where the band could and would take their music in the future. The overall flow of Accelerator is well-organized, meaningful and brimming with excitement from start to finish. Through Bowman’s lens of how he sees the world, musically, Bad Suns have simultaneously made their most personal and best record to date.

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Review: Hayes Carll – We’re Only Human

Adam Grundy

Hayes Carll feels like a man on a mission on his latest record, We’re Only Human. This country singer-songwriter shimmers and sways all over this ten-track LP that is brimming with great lyrical undertones, vivid imagery and storytelling, paired with ultra-solid musicianship. We’re Only Human is Hayes Carll’s ninth studio album to date, and he wastes little time getting to what’s on his mind lately on this latest effort that is worthy of your time. With key singles like “High”, the upbeat romp of “Progress of Man (Bitcoin & Cattle)” and the opening title track that explains, “We’re only human / That is all / Just walking the rope between fear and hope / And knowing we’re gonna fall / ‘Cause we’re only human,” Hayes Carll weaves a tangled web of intricate melodies on this record that fits somewhere in the realm of Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell and Bob Dylan.

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Good Charlotte Chat About New Album

Good Charlotte
Jason Tate

Good Charlotte talked with Consequence:

Entering the studio for Motel Du Cap, they collectively agreed on what they wanted to do. They went “full circle,” harkening back to the writing process of their earliest days in a way that felt “freeing.” “Those first two records were just completely unconscious. We were just puking our shit. We were just going in the studio and saying, you know, just sit down with an acoustic guitar, write a song in literally 10 to 15 minutes, and go record it,” Benji explains “And we did this one the same way, man. There’s not 20 extra songs laying around there. There might be two or three. If we weren’t feeling it, we moved on.”