Common Reaction represents the debut full-length release from Uh Huh Her, the synth-pop partnership between vocalist and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Camila Grey and vocalist/actress Leisha Hailey of “The L Word” fame. The album opens strongly with the catchy debut single, “Not A Love Song,” and the sensual, multi-layered “Explode.” The melodies fall a bit flat in the mid-section of the album, though; “Wait Another Day,” with its commitment to “waste another dream on you,” never quite moves into its final gear, and several of the songs successfully establish a mood but aren’t particularly tuneful.
It seems the girls had their fair share of issues to work out through this album; seven songs directly mention waste or loss. Yet despite the lyrical onslaught of disappointment, the album manages to remain well-paced and buoyant, with its ethereal, harmonized vocals and an array of pleasing synth textures. It’s pretty pop music, stylistically similar to Snow Patrol’s Eyes Open, that could have broken away from the pack with the help of a few more stand-out moments.
On Away From Here, the girls ask, “What if I could change
the world / one day at a time?” It’s a lofty question that sounds out of place among the tales of broken love. Luckily, the album closes with “Dreamer,” a melodramatic piano ballad that finally captures that sadness they’d been telling us about all along.
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