Album Review: Le Switch’s The Rest of Me is Space

Le Switch doesn’t sound like a Los Angeles band. If the west coast has a sound, they don’t sound like that either. And they definitely don’t have a sound that coincides with the mainstream music of today (be it rock, pop, or country). They are wrong in all the right ways. This week Le Switch released The Rest of Me is Space, and from the time you start listening at “How We Imagined It” to the very end of “Hurky Jurky” there’s this underlining sound that makes this record sound like a collection of songs that were carefully thought out and arranged.

There is no real genre for what Le Switch has produced in The Rest of Me is Space. There’s a mix of country and rock, but there are also pop elements blended in. It’s also clear that Le Switch is trying to emulate ’70s classic rock, the way Tom Waits did it back in the day.

Lead singer Aaron Kyle fits in well with this sort of bluesy music. But at times his voice can be a bit cheesy and not so much because of the lyrics. In “Falling for You” there is too much chorus and not enough variety though the ending of the song gets a bit more dramatic and harsh, which works.

Le Switch’s The Rest of Me is Space is a good listen. It will keep your head bobbing and your hands clapping at live shows. They still have a lot of work left to sound anything like Tom Waits or the greats of the 70s, but if they stick to this style, they’ll sure to succeed.

You can buy The Rest of Me is Space at BandCamp.

Rating: 8/10

Tracklist:

1. How We Imagined It
2. Country II
3. Call Out
4. Bad Decisions
5. Drinkin’
6. Falling For You
7. All About Heart
8. You & I
9. New Born City
10. Doing The Same Things
11. Hurky Jurky