Matt Skiba & Kevin Seconds - Split

Matt Skiba (of Alkaline Trio) and Kevin Seconds (of 7 Seconds) team up to release 10 songs of acoustic driven rock akin to the sounds of their regular acts. This is mostly a great CD

Matt Skiba (of Alkaline Trio) and Kevin Seconds (of 7 Seconds) team up to release 10 songs of acoustic driven rock akin to the sounds of their regular acts. This is mostly a great CD that can be broken down into the respective artists.

Matt Skiba:
With his writing ability entrenched in heartfelt melodies and sweet sounds – his 5 songs are well written numbers and sound like Alkaline Trio unplugged (oh wait, it is). The first track "Good Fucking Bye" is a great tune accompanied by keen drum work and is one of the faster tracks of his outing. Taking cue, the second track ("The City that Day") is another fast paced, honest tune, which is followed by the slowed down, more solemn track "Next to You." Skiba manages to take the sincere sound of Alkaline Trio and convert them into just as prevailing acoustic numbers.

Kevin Seconds:
Instead of pushing melodies and “that new sound”, Kevin Seconds takes the sound of punk rock and a little bluegrass/folk rock to his 5 tracks. They’re more rock oriented, more traditional sounding than Skiba’s half and while they seem to be more rooted, tend to be less enjoyable compared to the first five tracks. He’s got a great camp fire sing a long in ‘Yesteryear’ and well a written pop induced, infectious outing in "Motherfuckers."

This is a great split – bringing together two well experienced artists from slightly different backgrounds. There is a mesh of personalities and complimenting sounds that make this a two pronged, double team, acoustic, rock’em sock’em tandem.

(Asian Man Records)