Adam Green - Minor Love (2010)

Green is a former member of the well-received pop group Moldy Peaches. His solo work is pretty standard singer/songwriter fare. His songs are all very short, none reaching three minutes, and he doesn’t really do anything especially interesting on any of them. His vocals are rather high in the mix, so it takes a very close listen to even identify what instruments are being played. Keyboards and percussion are the most dominant ones, but none of the backing music really contributes all that much to the songs. They add some color, but at no point is there anything really distracting you from his vocals. He sounds a bit like Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, with maybe a bit less of that drawling moan style of singing. Most of his songs take on a storytelling form, with him telling of some experience he’s had. My main issue with this album is that nothing he says is very compelling or especially fun. An album that is neither interesting or somehow fun to listen to, is hard to love. Despite the simplicity of his songwriting, Minor Love is performed fairly well with no major flaw, just a lack of anything great. Overall, this is a decent pop album and nothing more.

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