Munk - Modest Among The Living

Label: Waxboy
Rating: 3.5 Guns

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Second chances are rare, but exciting. After a near-fatal car accident, Munk is back from the dead (metaphorically speaking) with “Modest Among The Living;” a Swing-Pop/ Alternative Rock opus, similar in style to bands like rocket From the Crypt and Lit.

Honestly, this band sounds like Rocket From the Crypt and Lenny Kravitz’s illegitimate baby, complete with crooning/raspy vocals and smooth guitar work. Heavy without going overboard, and poppy without leaving that sugarless aftertaste in your mouth, “Modest Among The Living” is so much more than a mere come-back album.

Starting with “Dirty Work,” a classic Pop/Rock banger, and swinging into piano-driven rocker “30 Days,” “Modest Among The Living” starts with a bang.

The album flows into “I Am,” a flutter, electronic-influenced slow jam. This song is as innovative as it is ambient; slightly influenced by fellow East-casters God Lives Underwater, and flows into electro-ballad “Awake and Waiting.”

Munk – “I Am”

Ending with Alt-Country-influenced “Beautiful (I Know You Are)” and heading into a reprise of “I Am” “Modest Among the Living” makes you want to hit the repeat button.

Other key tracks are: “Superheroes,” “Grave,” and “Sometimes Life Starts To Fall Into Pieces.”

Like this band? You may also like: Rocket From the Crypt, Sponge, Lit, Nada Surf, Lenny Kravitz