This initial offering from Ready Fire Aim is a blend of infectious hybridized synth-pop; syrupy and simple where you’d expect it to be, yet harnessing a thoughtful complexity that makes it stylistically fresh and unique. If This Changes Nothing can be accused of being too poppy in spots, it can also be commended for its balance with its more brooding tracks and even a surprising cover of “I Would for You” by Jane’s Addiction. In broadly noting influences from Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails to The Postal Service and Pink Floyd, Ready Fire Aim set an expectation that is delivered upon subtly and on their own terms. The product here is playful, modern and highly likeable, loaded with genuinely well constructed songs and flawless vocals that owe less to influence and more to the ideal collaboration of renaissance-man Sage Rader and the adventurous DJ Shaun “Stakka” Morris.
All in all this is a great and versatile album that deserves a listen.
