We review the new album "White Mice" from Geena B. Valentine & Rufus

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We review the new album "White Mice" from Geena B. Valentine & Rufus

The opening track from this incredible new album, "This Song" is a great, chill, and easy listening introduction track, the instrumentation is arguably relatively simplistic, it's never too overwhelming, it's bluesy vibes and smooth vocal performance, mixed with the electric guitar elements truly make this track unlike anything you will have heard before.
It may only be under 3 minutes long, however it still is a very integral section of this 12 track album.

The tracks that follow, "Once I Had a Dream", and "Just One Word" flow seamlessly into each other. The structure of the album is well thought out, it's very important for the listener to hear every track in order.  The production of every single track is truly first class, elements radiate from left to right, with professionally recorded instrumentation and vocals making each track feel modern and incredible.

Even though Just One Word is 5 minutes long, it constantly evolves and twists in ways you won't have originally expected to ensure the listener is constantly engaged.

One of my personal favourite tracks in the album has to be "Take That Cup", it's so elemental.. this is the definition of one-of-a-kind! The deep vocal riff and complex, funky folk-americana inspired string instruments is so amazing to hear being created in the 21st century. It's only a matter of time before Geena's music is being found in movies and films throughout the world. 
The entire album, especially this ever-changing track upholds a very cinematic nature, and forces you to sway along and tap your feet to it's infectious sound. 

The album takes inspiration from a very wide variety of genres and musical styles, from blues, country, jazz, folk and even rock in the most popular track "White Mice", which has already surpassed 5,000 streams on spotify alone!

The piano performance and accordion instrumentation works perfectly together, creating a very european city vibe, espeically in the aweinspiring dramatic track, "Tragedy on High Heels"

"Don't Leave Me Alone" features popular blues artist Marc Amacher  who is currently on tour around Europe. The rock blues inspired soundscape is incredibly pictorial. There's no unneeded moments of downtime, ensuring that the track never loses any interesting aspects. It's very action packed, instense and powerful. It's followed by a more relaxing, contrasting track, "I Wanna Try" which is more laidback and upholds a love driven chill nature.

The 2nd to last track is titled "Like a Carillon" it's a good "slow-down" track, to help bring the listener a sense of tranquillity as the 47 minute album begins to come to an end.

The finale, is titled "I Don't Wanna Fall in Love", as you listen to this track, you'll increasingly feel the mood swings and elevation that is brought about by the jazzy, complex chord progression. New elements are introduced as the track progresses, with drums being introduced around halfway through the track. Electric guitar is brought in towards the end, before a lull in the intensity brings the track to a soft, tranquil end.

Check out the album for yourself below.

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