Mendry ‘Follin With a Heart’
Even with their debut release, Mendry is here to leave an impression in your heart, one that gets under your skin, one you can’t shake off for days. From picturesque slow burners to stadium-filling rock n roll, Follin With a Heart is a well crafted drive full of contrast and surprises. With influences drawn from the diversely vast genre of rock, the album sparks nuanced nostalgia while each song is a micro odyssey enriched with rare sceneries.
The title track “Follin With a Heart” introduces us to a washed-out post-punk landscape as the Polish band unravels a lonesome tale about love and constraint. A dash of reverberant coastal feelings and drifting harmonious vocals evokes a mood-filled melancholia that seems to be nowhere and everywhere, spreading out to the edge of the sky. The guitaresque paints a mood that is bigger than peculiar feelings yet rich with emotions. The chorus, on the other hand, shifts to a grayish bleakness with an indie rock’s radio-esque feel. “Follin With a Heart” sees poetry and edginess stirring the boundary and fences while still remaining a soft and sensitive heart.
“Learning” breathing out a darker edge, where the turbulence of psychedelic meets rock n roll with a southern blues twang. Adheres to the aesthetic of being filmic and atmospheric, the gorgeous track sees an expansion of soft rock, spreading in your ears, filling up the entire world. With road-worn vocal and weary heart yet still remain hopeful. An authentic southern rock twang in the solo is quite a surprise and marks a change in the sound. It’s clearly from that point that Mendry has more to tell in what they had yet to show. Mesmerizing and delicious, “Learning” is very impressive.
“Jane’s Moon” dives into the heat of rock n roll with its touch of dizziness mixing with 80s’ floral back vocals. Faster and more chaotic. Ambitious, cruder and dimmer: The harder track makes both a sensuous and moody experience. “Rainbow,” on the other hand, immediately draws a Radiohead vibe. Like a sweeter “Creep” in three-time waltz, the classic, nostalgic sounding track is beautiful with a dark twist.
“Symphony” is glorious in its metallic buzz. Grassy and immersive, the anthem carries a slight western impression that feels very intriguing. The eclectic “Command” heads out to the progressive side. The ever-evolving track is hard to pinpoint, storming into the disobedient, experimentation of “Need” rich of strangeness and dissonance. “Go Into Love” concludes the album with a mainstream love appeal, though it doesn’t abandon its indie aesthetic. It feels good having the classic rock sounding single hits home with golden melodies and fuzz-jangling guitar.
