Sleeping With Sirens Pieces Together A Legendary Fist Pumper

Residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sleeping With Sirens brings out an optimistic piece called "Legends" that urges you to be anything you want because in this life that sounds like it should be your prerogative. Kellin Quinn's vocals are highly reassuring and make for a nice counterpart to drummer Gabe Barnham's steady beat. Even though Jack Fowler is listed here as lead guitarist, it's really bass player Justim Hills who gets the lion's share of the attention. And why the hell not. His sound offers the masculinity "Legends" tends to thrive on. Jack does give us some snazzy programming fills though. This song sounds like it would fit right in as part of the soundtrack to an '80s movie soundtrack. There's plenty of high drama to go around. You also are gifted with the sense that, however fleeting, you can be the master of your own domain. The tempo operates at a mid-range level, all the better to give listeners time to fully absorb and appreciate what they're listening to. Lyrically Kellin asks us to think back to our youth, when the sense of invincibility might have actually been present. "We could be wild and we could be free" he claims. Wasn't the stuff of my childhood but some thirty years later its freshness date really has come and gone. Gentle encouragement certainly boosts morale quite a bit and with Kellin leading the charge it's a message well-received. He's also playful, a nice asset to have at moments like this. The chorus isn't the type to bother you so readily that it morphs into a destructive earwig. We have all had those tunes where the bridge comes off like the worst hangover you could ever hope to obtain. In 2017 "Legend" is one song that won't have you reaching for the Excedrin. Maybe it's playing on a well-worn theme that loses i ts charm over the decades but 'ya know what...don't care.. Life doesn't play fair so at times a tune becomes necessary to keep you from writing yourself off completely, something to remind yourself that our world may appear to be heartless, shattering dreams right and left, it's all about perception. Not all is rosy but neither is it a duck and cover proposition. Sleeping With Sirens hits the mark soundly with "Legends", a song that isn't succumbing to the fury of our times.