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After having the chance to work with hitmakers like SZA, Weezer, and Icona Pop, the songwriting team of Jess Corazza and Pat Morrissey finally took the advice they'd received repeatedly in industry dealings: they launched their own pop project because their songs were a bit too "different" for other artists. They formed ill peach in 2019, released a homespun single (the off-center "GOOD MORNING BLUES"), and soon were able to better devote time to it with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. Early songs landed them a record deal with Hardly Art, which presents ill peach's full-length debut, THIS IS NOT AN EXIT, an eclectic mix of anthemic alt-pop, hooky dance-rock, and anxiety. The album opens with siren-like effects and an urgent, bass-heavy groove before Corazza enters with regretful lyrics about taking a break from a relationship on "BLOOM." While its chant-along, wordless chorus of oh-ohs is fit for the masses, touches like ghostly background vocals, HVAC-like noise, dark, post-punky synth timbres, and swooping wooshes of sound keep even the catchier sections off-balance. Next up, the driving "BLAH BLAH BLAH" similarly guides a lilting, stressed-out verse into a locked-in, cranked-up chorus. Much like a Duran Duran concert, while all the songs here are sonically bright and busy, they're not necessarily all dance-oriented: the group slow things down for songs like "17," the semi-acoustic "HEAVYWEIGHT," and the skittering and clanking "SOUR LIKE LEMONADE," which nevertheless ends in a rousing swirl of harmonic shimmer. The overall impression of THIS IS NOT AN EXIT, however, is bold and even brash (the speaker-rattling "HUSH"), and well before the end, the advice they'd received seems less like a backhanded compliment and more like encouragement, especially when one takes into account Corazza's nuanced and arena-ready vocals. The album closes with a "SIGH," which provides a final earworm to cap off a brief but auspicious debut.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
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Andy Baldwin, Mixer - Jess Corazza, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Producer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Kill Dave, Producer, Writer - Jesse Schuster, Producer, Writer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Amanda Warner, Composer, Writer - Andy Baldwin, Mixer, Engineer & Mixer - Jess Corazza, Composer, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Jesse Schuster, Producer - ill peach, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art
Jess Corazza, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Jesse Schuster, Producer, Writer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Andy Baldwin, Mixer - Jess Corazza, Lyricist, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Lyricist, Producer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Zach Fogarty, Lyricist, Producer, Writer - Jesse Schuster, Lyricist, Producer, Writer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Andy Baldwin, Mixer - Jess Corazza, Lyricist, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Lyricist, Producer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Pat Linehan, Lyricist, Producer, Writer - Jesse Schuster, Lyricist, Producer, Writer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Andy Baldwin, Mixer - Steph Jones, Writer - Jess Corazza, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Producer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Jesse Schuster, Producer, Writer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Jess Corazza, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Jesse Schuster, Producer, Writer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Andy Baldwin, Mixer - Jess Corazza, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Producer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Jesse Schuster, Producer, Writer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Amanda Warner, Writer - Andy Baldwin, Mixer - Jess Corazza, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Producer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Anthony Rossomundo, Writer - Jesse Schuster, Producer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Jess Corazza, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Jesse Schuster, Producer, Writer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Andy Baldwin, Mixer - Jess Corazza, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Producer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Trey Campbell, Writer - Jesse Schuster, Producer, Writer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Andy Baldwin, Mixer - Steph Jones, Writer - Jess Corazza, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Producer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Jesse Schuster, Producer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist - Steph Johns, Writer
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Amanda Warner, Writer - Andy Baldwin, Mixer - Jess Corazza, Producer, Writer - Pat Morrissey, Producer, Engineer, Writer - Huntley Miller, Audio Mastering - Jesse Schuster, Producer, Writer - ill peach, Composer, MainArtist
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
Album review
After having the chance to work with hitmakers like SZA, Weezer, and Icona Pop, the songwriting team of Jess Corazza and Pat Morrissey finally took the advice they'd received repeatedly in industry dealings: they launched their own pop project because their songs were a bit too "different" for other artists. They formed ill peach in 2019, released a homespun single (the off-center "GOOD MORNING BLUES"), and soon were able to better devote time to it with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. Early songs landed them a record deal with Hardly Art, which presents ill peach's full-length debut, THIS IS NOT AN EXIT, an eclectic mix of anthemic alt-pop, hooky dance-rock, and anxiety. The album opens with siren-like effects and an urgent, bass-heavy groove before Corazza enters with regretful lyrics about taking a break from a relationship on "BLOOM." While its chant-along, wordless chorus of oh-ohs is fit for the masses, touches like ghostly background vocals, HVAC-like noise, dark, post-punky synth timbres, and swooping wooshes of sound keep even the catchier sections off-balance. Next up, the driving "BLAH BLAH BLAH" similarly guides a lilting, stressed-out verse into a locked-in, cranked-up chorus. Much like a Duran Duran concert, while all the songs here are sonically bright and busy, they're not necessarily all dance-oriented: the group slow things down for songs like "17," the semi-acoustic "HEAVYWEIGHT," and the skittering and clanking "SOUR LIKE LEMONADE," which nevertheless ends in a rousing swirl of harmonic shimmer. The overall impression of THIS IS NOT AN EXIT, however, is bold and even brash (the speaker-rattling "HUSH"), and well before the end, the advice they'd received seems less like a backhanded compliment and more like encouragement, especially when one takes into account Corazza's nuanced and arena-ready vocals. The album closes with a "SIGH," which provides a final earworm to cap off a brief but auspicious debut.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:43
- Main artists: ill peach
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hardly Art - Pop Can Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records ℗ 2023 Hardly Art / Pop Can Records
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