Todd Underwood

A new full album release from Todd Underwood brings out a refreshing and somewhat complex brand of alternative pop rock that touches on an almost nostalgic and underground feel at times as it grasps at a progressive tonality that breaks into heavy riffs and anthemic soundscapes.

The color and contrast album has a way of intertwining an outstanding array of what seems like emotionally driven but very radio friendly singles that each have a way of standing on its own two legs but listening to the album all the way through is a much more vast experience.

This record has a very particular tightness to it that is so perfected and so polished but never loses that feeling or emotion.

There's a lot of surprises around the corners of this record and the riffs are just outstanding because they break into so many different layers and levels of heavy music from melodic metal to progressive, that classic old rock chorus, and into this bright but edgy world.

There are things about this album that makes it feel like it's a concept record although it might not be of course.

The energy of the songs almost flow into each other naturally and he manages to pull together such a massive and just large scale sound while giving you a somewhat fresh perspective with each new track.

Some really cool type signatures and belting melodic vocals that sometimes are accompanied with screams in the background adding to that slight aggression and edges.

So, the record does have these little dark edges that show face here and there but all in all it does have this much more colorful energy to it and kind of gives nods to a much heavier more hardcore style at times.