Review Summary: this is terrible, but I'm loving every minute of it
June is a comfort band for me. They produce sappy pop punk songs mixed with a duel vocal style that has VICTORY records written all over it. Most of you will not listen to this album, that’s ok because it holds a special place in time for me.
2007 was a wild time in the life of bellovddd. I was travelling all around Europe, newly single and ready to mingle. But instead of mingling I got way to drunk and stumbled my way through 3 months of Europe leaving with great memories, no money, and an obsession with ‘Make It Blur’ a record that I discovered whilst curing a hangover overlooking the Santorini Skyline.
‘Make It Blur’ has all the trappings and tropes of Pop Punk with infectious melodies and hooks coming strong on all tracks. ‘Machine and The Line’ being the most infectious track here with a strong pop vibe throughout and standalone single ‘I’d Lose Myself’ has a nice opening riff and some great vocal interplay between Tim and AJ with them throwing melodies at each other for fun. ‘A Taste’ is either the most impressive or the most out of place track here. They try their hand at a slightly heavier sound, trying their best to riff away and throw lead licks at you and honestly, it’s not half bad. Don’t get me wrong this isn’t Post-Hardcore, it’s a heavier version of The All-American Rejects but it works with a great chorus topping off the riffing.
Clichés are here in the form of lyrics that talk about relationships and friendships ending but Tim does have a way of taking the most mundane lines and making them sound interesting:
Lift me up, lift me up cause I'll be coming down
Drag me to the tallest building
The tallest building in town
Cause falling is worse than hitting the ground.
June didn’t make waves in the musical scene. In fact they broke up the following year and no members really touched music again except for a brief reunion in 2012 and that was it. The end of a band that will never know how much they meant to little old bellovddd in 2007 when he had the world at his feet and a lifetime a head of him.
