{"id":1752,"date":"2025-03-07T19:41:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T00:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2025-03-07T19:42:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T00:42:24","slug":"rhythms-and-reviews-all-cylinders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/rhythms-and-reviews-all-cylinders\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhythms And Reviews: All Cylinders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All Cylinders<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Cylinders<\/em> is the newest full-length record from Canadian musician, singer, and producer Yves Jarvis. As you may recall previously, this release was preceded by a short EP, Decision Tree<\/em>, which served as a teaser for several of the tracks on the full release. Expanding the original 4 tracks from Decision Tree<\/em>, All Cylinders<\/em> spans 11 tracks total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kicking off the full project comes the opening track, \u201cWith a Grain.\u201d  This track does a really good job of setting the tone for the instrumentation in succeeding tracks. There\u2019s quite a bit of variety present here with twinkling keys, synths, and electronic drums evolving into the indie rock-esque electric and bass guitars later in the track. While there were some vocals present, this track feels more of an instrumental show of force with Jarvis giving a taste of what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGold Filigree\u201d follows the opener, as featured on my review of the Decision Tree<\/em> EP<\/a>. Following that comes \u201cOne Gripe.\u201d I find this track very infectious with its themes of playful longing and desire for more intimate connection combined with some stellar percussion and riffs. The percussion and basslines give the track a very funky feel which works oddly well with the electric guitar riffs. Speaking of which, the guitar solo about 2\/3 through the track was incredibly well executed. It felt both smooth and powerful giving the whole track a major energy boost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDecision Tree\u201d follows (check out my previous review for thoughts on that), which is succeeded by \u201cI\u2019ve Been Mean.\u201d I feel conflicted regarding this track. While there are some interesting instrumental choices Jarvis makes, I can\u2019t help but feel like the constant changes and layering of different effects and sounds is fighting for my attention. I also wasn\u2019t a big fan of the vocal distortions, as Jarvis\u2019s vocals are one of his biggest strong suits. Thematically the track seemed a bit wandering also. While it isn\u2019t an unbearable listen, it\u2019s not one of my favorites thus far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m Your Boy\u201d follows next on the track list. This marks one of the more interesting tracks thematically. Jarvis speaks directly to his mother, thanking her for always supporting him while committing her own self-improvement. While I do enjoy this track, I do wish there were a bit more tenderness or sentimentality conveyed instrumentally. Jarvis\u2019s mother is clearly an important figure in his life (especially considering his inspiration for his stage name was the combination of his middle name and his mother\u2019s maiden name), but that doesn\u2019t feel super well conveyed by the instrumental here. While this may have been a stylistic choice, it just didn\u2019t have as much impact on me personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring one the shortest track lengths on the record, \u201cWarp and Woof\u201d comes next. Filled with double entendres, the track frequently plays off the title (an expression meaning the foundation of something) chronicling the beginning of a relationship from a chance encounter. I really enjoyed the latter half of the track. There\u2019s a notable emphasis placed on the vocals as the instrumental fades into the soft background, which I found captivating. It really highlights Jarvis\u2019s vocals in this section (which sounded incredible, personally).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll Cylinders,\u201d \u201cThe Knife in Me,\u201d and a brief interlude \u201cPatina\u201d all proceed, bringing us to the final track on the record, \u201cLuck\u2019s Last Luster.\u201d This track brings a sweet conclusion to the record, with Jarvis finding comfort from everyday struggles in a significant other. The typical electric guitar from previous tracks is instead replaced by a softer acoustic here, which gives the track a more homely and soft feel. While it did feel a bit short, I thought this track was a nice closer to the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having listened to the full project, there\u2019s a bit more context for some of the earlier-released EP tracks and I think I\u2019m better able to gauge the strengths of this project overall. As I mentioned previously, the strengths of this project lie in Jarvis\u2019s wide array of sounds and instrumentation. There\u2019s quite a bit of interesting layering that occurs on many tracks Combined with Jarvis\u2019s beautiful vocals, it makes for a really fun listen. Personally, I wasn\u2019t as impressed by the other 7 tracks compared to the four released in the Decision Tree <\/em>EP. The EP tracks just seemed to be the clear \u201chits\u201d or frontrunners of the record, which felt a bit disappointing, as the other tracks didn\u2019t quite make the same impression. While I didn\u2019t hate the record, for a casual or new listener I\u2019m more likely to recommend the EP over the full LP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All Cylinders All Cylinders is the newest full-length record from Canadian musician, singer, and producer Yves Jarvis. As you may recall previously, this release was preceded by a short EP, Decision Tree, which served as a teaser for several of the tracks on the full release. Expanding the original 4 tracks from Decision Tree, All […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[26,19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1754,"href":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions\/1754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arouseosu.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}