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The Imposter Review
With ambiguity encompassing the future of his previous chart-topping band, Kevin Max continues to build an identity on his own. In 2001, Max released his first project on his own, the unique, genre-bending project Stereotype Be. Since touring the album, Kevin has released independent poetry material and an EP that, despite demo-quality production, offered some edgier songs and his best material to date. Since relocating to L.A., teaming with former Prayer Chain guitarist Andy Prickett, and finding a new label home with Northern Records, a new side of Kevin is displayed with his sophomore solo release The Imposter.
Upon hearing the opening guitar riff of the soul-baring "Confessional Booth," it's clear The Imposter has a more accessible rock foundation. Max and Prickett draw the record's musical influences from U2, Jeff Buckley, and Blur, blending modern sounds with moderate 80's sensibilities. His lyrical honesty on The Imposter is even sometimes brutally honest. This album is also much more introspective, with Max examining himself through many of the songs. The lead-off track declares, "If the truth didn't hurt so much, I wouldn't lie... / I take back everything I said / That ever caused you pain or stress / I take it back just like that / I take it back just like that." The title track follows, a synth-sprinkled pop love anthem that has Max acknowledging wrongs he's done and a new leaf he desires to turn over. "Sanctuary," the album's first single, is a worshipful rock song that was born out of his feelings of homelessness and the security he longs to find in Heaven.
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Review used by permission: Jesusfreakhideout.com
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