Eamon
February 26, 2004
Listeners humming the relationship blues have a soundtrack for their breakup.
Singer/songwriter Eamon’s breakout CD, “F— It/I Don’t Want You Back,” sends listeners a personal message for post-breakup pain: You aren’t alone. Move on, he says in a much more harshly fashioned overtone. Better things will come.
-The entire album is consistent with the title and hit track until the end of the album with “All Over Love.” In this single, Eamon somewhat becomes detached from his angry, anti-affection sentiment by embracing the idea of a relationship again.
The album moves in perfect chronological order from finding out about an infidelity (“Something Strange”) to venting the standard hateful, hurtful post-breakup feelings. He ultimately reaches a point of healing and happiness in the ending track “Finally.”
In “Finally,” Eamon articulates the ending of his pain and the beginning of a new happiness through catchy vocals like, “Finally I can say/ Everything today is on my way.”
If Eamon’s sound comes across as somewhat familiar, there is good reason: His high vocals and spiteful delivery are strikingly similar to the late rapper Eazy-E.
In his second-to-last song, “I’d Rather F— You,” he covers the Eazy-E classic but gets away with it as he vocally parallels the late NWA star.
The album is definitely worth purchasing for the broken-hearted or hard-core rap enthusiast, but won’t do much for more mainstream fans.