"WHAT WENT WRONG"-UNTIL JUNE
I like this track. I'll admit, it took a few plays. Probably because I was, at first, listening intently to only the lyrics. Once I took a couple steps back, it began to coalesce.
There's a brief 3-2-1 keyboard countdown and then the band immediately launches into a Coldplay-like jangly guitar barrage, backing off just in time to hear a heartbreaking plea: "Will you wait for me, when I come for you?"
The band is Until June, a Phoenix trio featuring ASU brothers Josh (vocals/keyboards) and Dan Ballard (guitar) with drummer Daniel Dempsey. Josh plays the part perfectly. You can hear the hurt in his falsetto as he reflects on a relationship that meant the world to him.
"What Went Wrong" is the first single off of the band's second album, Young & Foolish. According to Josh, “We decided that the most artistic way to present the songs on Young & Foolish was not just about how the melodies or chord progressions were constructed, but also the way my vocals came across. We didn’t want to have them right in your face like typical pop tracks, but rather tucked underneath.”
Side note: Until June has been around since 2000, but after five-years of struggling to make it in the music biz the band set a deadline saying that they would keep working hard "until June" of 2005 to score a record deal or they would call it quits. Not only did they sign with a label, but they got a meaningful group name out of it as well.
There's a brief 3-2-1 keyboard countdown and then the band immediately launches into a Coldplay-like jangly guitar barrage, backing off just in time to hear a heartbreaking plea: "Will you wait for me, when I come for you?"
The band is Until June, a Phoenix trio featuring ASU brothers Josh (vocals/keyboards) and Dan Ballard (guitar) with drummer Daniel Dempsey. Josh plays the part perfectly. You can hear the hurt in his falsetto as he reflects on a relationship that meant the world to him.
"What Went Wrong" is the first single off of the band's second album, Young & Foolish. According to Josh, “We decided that the most artistic way to present the songs on Young & Foolish was not just about how the melodies or chord progressions were constructed, but also the way my vocals came across. We didn’t want to have them right in your face like typical pop tracks, but rather tucked underneath.”
Side note: Until June has been around since 2000, but after five-years of struggling to make it in the music biz the band set a deadline saying that they would keep working hard "until June" of 2005 to score a record deal or they would call it quits. Not only did they sign with a label, but they got a meaningful group name out of it as well.
