Mikey Wax – ConstantMotion
2011, Waxsongs
2011, Waxsongs
Mikey Wax is a Long Island-born singer/songwriter who grewup on a steady diet of Billy Joel, James Taylor and Dave Matthews. His debut album, Change Again, topped out at #46 on the iTunes Top-100 pop chart inthe US, UK, Canada and Australia. Thisled to tours supporting artists such as Howie Day, Serena Ryder and RyanCabrera. His follow-up, a digital EPreleased in April, 2010 entitled TheTraveler, received over 10,000 downloads and helped Wax earn 250,000 fansacross Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. On September 20, 2011, Wax follows up with his latest full length album,Constant Motion.
Constant Motion isa collection of eleven bright and exceedingly bland pop songs that are readyfor radio and licensing. Wax hits homewith the alt-edged pop of “Counting On You”, with a solid voice that fallssomewhere between Rob Thomas, Jason Mraz and John Mayer. “How It Feels” works over a fluffy dance beat,with Wax making the jump into a questionable falsetto voice. Wax settles into his generic pop genre,comfortable and unchallenged, occasionally raising the bar a bit with songssuch as “Keep Dreaming” and “Fall For You”, but Constant Motion is more about the former than the latter. Wax’s voice isn’t inconsistent with the sortyou’ll find on pop radio, but would find him struggling to get out of auditionsfor a show like American Idol. There’slittle doubt that Constant Emotionwill sell, but it’s the sort of music that’s forgotten almost as quickly as it’sspun.
Rating: 2 Stars(Out of 5)
Learn more about Mikey Wax at www.mikeywax.com or www.myspace.com/mikeywax. ConstantMotion drops on September 20, 2011. You can pre-order the album in various merchandise packages at www.mikeywax.com. The album is also available digitally from Amazon.com.