Earlymay

Earlymay is chock full of big emotions, big vocals, big visions, and big guitar sweeps straight to you from Big Rock, Michigan. They churn out ambitious, anthem-like suites of emotionally charged melancholic rock that sometimes work and sometimes don’t — when they don’t is when they come off as trying too hard to be epic. Front-man Brad Peterson has a tendency to wail out lyrics that are too broad, obtuse, and ambiguous. The soundscape is vast, with loads of strings, multi-layered vocals, and dark, hard-edged guitar solos. They’ve obviously listened to a lot of mid-era Radiohead and U2, and the resulting sound isn’t necessarily bad — Peterson’s voice and their instrumental skills are definitely above par for a debut— but it’s just a little "been there, done that”.