Awake [Remixed & Remastered]

by Secondhand Serenade

Overview

As a group name for singer/songwriter John Vesely (who plays and sings just about everything here), Secondhand Serenade is oddly appropriate, since Awake sounds on just about every level like a studious approximation of Dashboard Confessional. Awake isn't necessarily a bad album, but the lack of original inspiration on songs like "Vulnerable" and "Maybe" is pretty startling. (Obviously, even the song titles are second-hand.) Even the first-time listener should be able to pinpoint exactly at which second Vesely's double-tracked high harmony voice is going to come in, for example, or when the tune will modulate upward for an extra soupçon of yearning and strain. That said, while Vesely isn't the least bit unique, he does his chosen style well enough, and there's no reason why fans of the sensitive-guy-with-acoustic end of emo wouldn't at least be curious about Awake. [Awake was remixed, remastered and re-released on CD in 2017.]

Product Details

Release Date:	04/07/2017
Label:	Glassnote
UPC:	0810599021764
catalogNumber:	21302
Rank:	53287

Tracks

1. Half Alive
2. Broken
3. Vulnerable
4. Your Call
5. Maybe
6. It's Not Over
7. I Hate This Song
8. Awake
9. Take Me With You
10. Let It Roll
11. The Last Song Ever
12. End
13. Don't Look Down
14. Lost

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Secondhand Serenade   Primary Artist
Ronnie Day   Piano
Veronica Ballestrini   Vocals
Carl Miner   Guitar

Technical Credits

Rachel Allgood   Engineer
John Vesely   Composer,Producer
Tony Espinosa   Engineer