Recover - "Simple" (2004)

Recover was a rock band from Austin, Texas. After forming in 2003 the band released two full lengths and an EP. Their second album was titled This May Be the Year I Disappear and was released in 2004. This is the only album of theirs that I’ve heard and the results were kind of hit or miss. Recover could easily fall into the emo category but I think their sound had enough variety to not be pigeonholed into that genre. There are really only three songs This May Be the Year that are worth purchase price. The first is “Disappear,” a hard rocker with some nice electronic elements such as the use of the vocoder in the bridge. Also of note is “Push Push” which starts with acoustic guitar and handclaps and builds into a pretty rocking tune. The other song is today’s featured tune. “Simple” has some really nice guitar effects and some electronic beats along with some cool vocal effects as well. The lyrics are kind of a downer, but I’m just drawn to it because it rocks so much. The rest of the album is plagued by soundalike songs and needless profanity (see track 5.) This may not be a great purchase but you should definitely check out the three songs I mentioned. Especially this one.


Recover - "Simple"