Broadjam Artist: Powerklash
Song: Climb
Reviewer: Shaw and Zahara
Positive Comments: I am a fan of using music to deliver messages of hope and change and like it when an artist follows their convictions like this. I do not listen to much rock that is this heavy, and was surprised to hear such a positive message in the lyric. I think that the lyrics for this song have a lot to offer and are well thought out, and within the space of the song they effectively convey the message they were created to deliver.
Constructive Comments: I do not listen to a lot of this genre, so these comments should be taken with a grain of salt. I really liked the lyric, but found that the heaviness of the melody did not reinforce the lyric. It was as if the writer was frustrated in delivering their message, and really wanting to pound it into our heads, which may be the case, but it reduced the impact of the message for me. The other thing I would consider changing is that around 1 minute and 38 seconds into the song there is a short guitar break that starts off sounding like a phone ringing, which really took me out of the song as I took my headphones off and listened to see if I was missing a call. It transferred into some other decent guitar work, which I would keep, but I’d dump the phone ringing. Coming out of this short musical break it sounds like their is an interesting bridge, however the lyric in the first part is hard to understand, so, I wasn’t quite sure what the message of the bridge was, which is too bad, because the lyrics in this song are really interesting and worth hearing.