The Dangerous Summer – Self-Titled Crusading towards the light is a complex task when darkness infuses everything around you, when it overthrows the shine, when it dominates your every waking moment. Emotion is fundamental, and momentous, in music where guts are spilled, where a mind is filled predominately with feelings of self-destruction. Soured lust is explored, emptiness cries to be occupied. We’re naturally emotional, well if you’re accustomed to crying your heart out when delivering a thoughtful speech or when a love one dies. We’re human, with hearts, with bones that can be crushed, we also exhibit signs of emotion through art. Our souls are a mandatory tool of showcasing sentiment. Music dazzles us, it repairs our broken energy. Through it we can create snapshots in our minds. Pictures which are monumental to us, and those lyrical strands will enforce vivid memories, those words are material, and they’re what binds a song together. Instrumentals are there as a hotbed, they’re important also. Blistering guitars and heavy drums can bombard, but they are significant. Maryland band The Dangerous Summer are one of those act’s that implement thought provoking lyricism to excite but also to inspire. Leading man, AJ Perdomo has fantastic pedigree as a songwriter, pushing his boundless muse to the forefront, excelling himself. And the band have been outdoing themselves since their inception in 2006, broadening their horizons on every release. This stems from immense talent and strong determination. The unit have created 4 albums including their new self-titled record. This effort is a joyous but heartrending affair, built to drag out the emotions. It’s an emo masterclass, featuring intense vocals and subtle instrumentation, offering listeners a chance to reflect on their own life. It resonates too, colouring in the lines, but darkness isn’t too far away. AJ Perdomo isn’t a man who sings about roses. He sings about upheavals and hardships, broken lust and disenchantment. He’s feels disenfranchised, he knows how life can eat you up and spit you out. His lyrics are poetic and highly relevant, wrapping around the music scene like an overcoat of justice. He’s truly committed at throwing his discerning wordplay out there like a million kites. The record holds up brilliantly as a whole. Fire is a song which describes alcohol as a deterrent. Perdomo bellows about craving to be in a room full of friends and darers ‘I wish every person that I knew was in one room right now/We'd drink until we died/I'm talking about all my friends/I talk of the wars we fought back then’ this track depicts a sense of worthlessness and a protagonists downward spiral. Luna is a subtle track. The little tinge of guitar is a wonderful contrast, and Perdomo sings about dreams ‘You were born with your mother's heart/Just stay wild as long as you can cause you are free/And you are the architect to all your dreams’ these lyrics are more upbeat, and it’s like the suffering has settled for a slender while. Valium is a dark contribution, littered with sad descriptions. Palermo opens up the song with these lines ‘I see through holes in your eyes/You wanted to die/The walls were getting heavier/I get high and talk to myself’ It seems to describe a man on the ropes, colliding with cheap bottles of wine, smoking his brains, snorting enough drugs to fill the atmosphere. The blistering guitar parts offer volatility to the unnerving chorus. Like Forever starts loudly, and Palermo bellows about dark moods and a thick fog ‘I woke up one day/With my spirit drained/And the fog came/The mood that we both knew/Isn't exactly how I wanted to leave/Everything was scattered in pieces’ this is an alarming indication of a disturbed cognition. The Dangerous Summer have always been a band of poets. Their work could be perceived as being miserable and negative, but that makes them unique and emotive. New Album out now via Hopeless Records. ![]()
Bio: Mark McConville is a freelance music journalist from Scotland. His work has appeared in print and online. He has written for many music publications. He also dabbles in prose and poetry.
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