Blue October - "Approaching Normal" Review

Blue October Approaching Normal was the 5th album by Blue October, released
on March 24, 2009. "Dirt Room" was the first single leaked before the album
release, followed by "Say It" which is more fitting of the pop genre. The
album hit #13 on the Billboard chart. It hasn't varied from the usual
melodic tones as from Foiled. However, there are a lot more blatant uses of
studio additions with synthesizers to create echoing effects as heard in
"The End". Also, "Blue Does" seems like it barely used any real recordings,
which is unfortunate. They wrote a lot more "slower" songs that don't
exactly get you pumped up but I guess that fits with their usual soft tones
anyway. Another anticipated single "Weight of the World" as pretty much a
let down because the song progresses from Justin Furstenfeld's speaking
tones - to attempting singing, then just yelling, and back to slightly
emotional talking. Overall it's still a good album, but I was expecting
better.


Review by Laryssa Matvichuk