The Fix

The third album from Boston’s [munk] appears on his indie imprint, but it’s a major label recording in all but name (his songs have featured in TV shows, online promos, video games, and other commercial enterprises).

Entering the scene like a factory-stamped product of the corporate machine, [munk] trades in a combination of musical and lyrical clichés. Like The Dreamscapes Project’s Keith Center, he may have poured his heart into Modest Among the Living–note the ever-present catch in voice–but he doesn’t have anything original to say, and he’s chosen a particularly tired means by which to say it, i.e. over-enunciated modern rock. Bonus points for the revealing liner notes. Otherwise: pass.