The Mighty Rime - The Mighty Rime

Sweet, delicate and endearing, the Mighty Rime swoon and sneer through their rustic take on the archetypal pop song and the typical indie rock track. This self-titled offering from the ex-bassist of once-upon-a-time emo hopefuls, Christie Front Drive, diverts the path of heart-on-sleeve emotion for an outdoor rock vibe and bedroom pop mentality. Splintering and fragmenting folk, pop and rock into a confluence of music that shackles genres together with seamless ease, Kerry McDonald’s voice clouds the lo-fi lushness with a distinctly warm tone. In doing so, the Mighty Rime triumph in trading the now commercially coveted emo sound for a sing-along cross between Built to Spill and the Microphones. Tossing organs, pianos and harmonicas into the mix, this is bedroom pop rock that actually sounds like a bedroom – it’s that warm hand-stitched blanket that comforts you through the night, it’s that drawer-full of homemade sweaters to warm you through the winter. Seems as if changing the setting from a break-up scene to a friendly campfire did McDonald and his new project some good. [www.caulfieldrecords.com]