Fiction Plane: Everything Will Never Be Ok

Another of my old reviews I'd posted on LJ. I want to organize everything here. Originally posted 2003-07-07

Adam's capsule review of Fiction Plane's Everything Will Never Be Ok album:

First off, buy this album.

The band is made up of Dan Brown (drums), Seton Daunt (guitar), and Joe Sumner (guitar, vocals). Sumner, you say? Any relationship to another musical Sumner? Yes. good ol' Gordo (Sting) is Joe's daddy.

That alone could be enough to sell the band to a lot of people. Hell, it worked with Julian Lennon. But this isn't quite as creepy for two reasons:

1) Sting's not dead.
2) Joe sounds just enough like his dad to make you go.."Wha? Is that... No, almost, but not quite Sting."

And, No. 2 is just enough for you to turn your head, listen, and realize this band is really fucking good. All by themselves.

The first track, "Listen to My Babe," will hook you a) because, dammit, that sounds like early-Police Sting and/or b) because the guitar is just so catchy. After that you're both curious about the guy who sounds familiar and about what this band can do.

As you reach the end of the album, the notion of "Sting's Son" fades quite a bit and the singer becomes his own man, Joe Sumner, who also happens to be Sting's kid. This isn't some aging rocker's kid's pet project. This is a promising rock band with a bright future. Buy the album. Listen. Enjoy. Repeat as necessary.