FOMO

Great Album!!! Very fresh but classic sounding songs. Liam is a songwriter that I feel has really mature musical sensibility while adding a dash of oddness into the mix. Looking forward to future release by Liam Finn.

His first album was far more alluring then this one BUT still pretty good. Fomo is a softer sound over all however I am looking forward to more music from him in the future.

I bought "Fomo" when it first came out and keep pulling it out of my CD stack and sticking it in the changer. Liam's pop is attractive with his breezy vocals. "Don't Even Know Your Name" is one of my two very favorite tracks with its driving beat and the airy oh-oh-oh background vocals about a guy totally knocked out by a girl with whom he wants to connect, "You make me topple like a domino, I can't hang on anymore." Why the track seems to crash land, almost literally, I do not know! The other addictive track is "Cold Feet" with its r&b pop groove, "There's a space for me on the edge of your seat where you wanted me to sing, but my will is weak & I'm tired of cold feet." It's pop ambrosia. The rest of the set is also strong. Enjoy!

Great follow-up album from "I'll be Lightning." If you're a Liam Finn fan, or like me, a throw-back to the days of his dad, Neil, all the way back to Split Enz, it's neat to follow the lineage as it progresses. It took me a while to become a Liam fan, but I am now.

Love the watercolor canvas-like packaging. The music itself is very hit and miss with a few decent standouts.

Liam Finn's latest release is by far his most polished and accessible work to date. The album retains the experimental sonic qualities of his earlier releases but feels like the songs are more complete, more cohesive. It is clear by now that Liam does not want to follow in the footsteps of his famous father (Neil Finn, Crowded House) but there are some influences in the songs on this record. There is also a musical link to Uncle Tim and the sound of Split Enz apparent in these songs as well. The songs on this record are quite varied and no two really sound the same. It seems as if Liam has found the right mix of song writing and experimentation here and the songs grow on you the more that you listen to them. I would highly recommend this if you like Liam Finn and even if you are not familiar with his work, this is worth owning as it is a very nice change of pace from the main stream indie and alternative scene.

Musique, chanson, que du bon !!! Le digne fils de son père !!! déjà fan de Neil Finn je ne peut que conseiller cet album aux amateurs de musique pop.

Liam is such a refreshing musician. This is a really fine follow-up to "I'll Be Lightning" and trust me, it is a grower. I was surprised to be the first to review this as I have enjoyed it more and more for a couple of weeks. On first listen there are as many challenges as there are the immediately likeable. What I like about Liam is that he takes chances and risks within the hybridised genre of melodic pop rock. Yes, it is true that he is a chip off the old block ( Neil Finn of Crowded House being his father) but he is definitely his own man, with his own agenda. He has certainly inherited his father's talent for melody and harmony but he pushes all the traditions and isn't afraid to play the classic pop card. What is so refreshing is the approach he takes toward it, blending the listener friendly with the edgy. So to the songs ( and songs they are; well constructed pieces,finely wrought structures far removed from an improv vocal over beats) which are an excellent collection. All the songs are good, though I did encounter some resistance to "Cold Feet" which seems on the twee side and "The Struggle" which seemed abrasive and a difficult listen. They are the polar opposites on the album and the virtue in this is that it is rather like the increasingly lost art of album making circa mid 60's up to 80's where there was great variety in the material. If we take The Beatles "Revolver" as an example and a point of comparison, we have "Yellow Submarine" on the one hand, which is daft fun and "Tomorrow Never Knows" which is the epicentre of emerging psychedelia. Liam's approach is like that of a post-modern journeyman who knows his chops! He mixes it up and we are left with an album that is special insomuch that it sounds like nothing else around at the moment. "The Struggle" is a wake up call in the middle of the album that we are not at all indulging in easy listening and by the album's closer, "Jump Your Bones" we have an innate sense of satisfaction that we have witnessed a very creative manifestation which is as humourous as it is poignant, as playful as it is considered. There's a lot to like here. Mr Finn is a talent of major worth which isn't matched (yet) by huge sales. But I'd rather listen to this than Adele anyday. "Chase The Seasons" is sublime and raises the bar on post-modern melodic pop and "Jump Your Bones" is a fantastic closer. You know I think I'll just have to play it again, right now.

I brought this based on my love of Neil Finn / Crowded House's material. Sons and daughters of great musicians / songwriters rarely deliver on the promise they've inherited. So, I wasn't expecting too much from Neil's son. However, this album has put a smile on my face. Whilst its way too early to exact comparison with his father, Liam Finn is obviously his own man, and is developing his own sound. And yet, you can hear something of the Finn pedigree (both Neil's and and uncle Tim's) in his writing and singing. I'm jealous as hell that one so young has got it all together and producing good / interesting songs. Unlike his father, who's songs often need repeated listening until they weedle their way into your brain, most of Liam's songs have a vibrancy that appeals on first listen. Yet, they're certainly not mindless catchy ditties. Far from it. I think this album will have longevity. And its hardly prophetic to say, so I think will Liam Finn. Watch his star rise!

Having been a fan of the Finn brothers, Split Enz and Crowded House for longer than I care to remember, I wanted to like this album so much. Unfortunately I hate it. I know it is unfair to compare Liam Finn with his illustrious father, but I was expecting some of the melodic qualities of Neil Finn's songwriting or even Uncle Tim's work. Sadly the songs on this album seem to be more of a collection of random sounds than actual compositions, and, as a colleague of mine commented, "It sounds like the singer is singing a completely different song to the one the musicians are playing." The best songs are slightly worse than mediocre (Cold Feet) and several are so bad I can't listen to them (especially Jump Your Bones). As I said, it's unfair to compare Liam with his dad, but I can't help thinking that if his name wasn't Finn, he would never have got anywhere near a recording contract.