Review Summary: A catchy and easy to listen to acoustic album that never seems to try to hard, but does just a good enough job at just being what we expect it to be.
Acoustic music is designed to bring a listener through a wide range of emotions, whether it’d be a happy layed back song, or a little more on the emotional side, it’s easy to get lost in when it’s done right. Shortly after a year of their debut full length, Transit has returned to show a softer side of themselves with ‘Something Left Behind’. Containing nine newly recorded acoustic tracks, Transit has done a great job at creating an album that’s easy to listen too and fun to just sing along with no matter what kind of mood you are in. One of the things that save this album from being just full of random, no meaning acoustic songs is that range of emotions mentioned earlier. While the main lyrical topic of a song may be a little more personal and darker than the rest, it still focuses on catchy guitar work and rhythm to make it’s way through the song without losing your attention.
A major problem one may run into when listening to an all acoustic album is the blend of similarity between songs, and though it’s very easy to have this problem while listening to ‘Something Left Behind’, but when you look at each of the songs individually, you begin to notice the little things that separate them. ‘Indoor Voices' is a song about the effect one person may have on someone else’s life, and features an amazing verse line; “To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world”, which showcases just how well at times this band can write. While there are plenty of little moments which feature generic or cheesy lyrical moments, most of the writing does a good job at just being good enough acoustic lines that fit whatever mood the song may be capturing.
Tracks like ‘1978’ and ‘Something Left Behind’ are filled with catchy hooks and upbeat choruses, doing an amazing job at separating themselves from the rest of the crowd. ‘Castaway’ and ‘Please, Head North’ feature a little more of a softer, relaxed rhythm that just make them so easy to sit down and enjoy. ‘Something Left Behind’ is one of those albums that seem to feature everything you’d want to hear from a nice acoustic collection of songs. Easy to sing along too and enjoy, Transit never tries to hard too make something new or exciting, but sticks to the formula and creates a well crafted album deserving of more than a few listens.
