I see a trend with a lot of the Indian bands who are releasing their albums this year, and it’s not a positive one. The albums don’t seem to be thought through, they feel repetitive… it’s almost like complacency that has set in. Unfortunately, Junkyard Groove’s second album ‘Accidental Hero’ seems to be joining the league as well. It’s just more of the same thing. While I simply loved the first outing of the band (a completely different line-up except for front man Ameeth Thomas), the much anticipated second album just feels lazy.
It’s fairly evident that Ameeth is the only one pulling the strings of the band because there does not seem to be any musical contribution from the remaining band members in finding a new sound. Normally with an all new line-up, one would expect an evolved sound, and hopefully a better sound. But that just does not seem to be the case. Two years in the making, the album lacks the groove of the first album. Older songs like Folk You and It’s OK were always crowd pullers. Accidental Hero has none of that magic. The overall sound is simply the current band mimicking the sound put in place by the old band members. That being said, the only song that I did enjoy was 4 or 5 Things, which had the groove of Junkyard Groove.
While I’m thankful for the free download from the band’s website during the first 24 hours post the release, that’s about all I am thankful for. We all loved JYG from the early days, but I’m not sure how many more new fans they would garner thanks to this album. I’d like to say It’s OK(pun intended) but to me, it’s just not. I’m going with 2 out of 5 stars for this album.
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