Good Time (RCA Nashville, 2020)
Niko Moon
Reviewed by Michael Rampa
The five songs make up a brief and breezy sampling with no teeth or hint of traditional instrumentation. Sticking to his happy vibe, the heartache song, "Drunk Over You" is an uptempo number that somehow manages to incorporate the slang word "faded." Nostalgia anthem" Way Back" is a glossy ode to going mudding, bar fights and wild nights.
Moon has a writing credit on every song and in addition to writing for Zac Brown Band, he was a member of the group Sir Roosevelt with Brown and Ben Simonetti.
It is not as if the material is poorly written or the melodies displeasing, given Moon's expectations of positivity but it feels like these songs would fare better in the hands of a jam band outfit like Zac Brown Band that would certainly make it sound more country. But that was not what Moon was going for anyway.
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