Song of the Week (1/2-1/8)

     This week, I discovered a CD that I bought about a month ago but never really listened to all that much.  This CD is A Day to Remember's most recent CD, What Separates Me From You.  Why I bought it and never really listened to it is beyond me, but I am finally giving it the listens that it deserves.  I am realizing how good of a CD it is and that is why I chose to pick the first song I really got into on it, "All I Want", as my song of the week. 
     All I Want is by no means a heavy ADTR song, which are the songs I usually gravitate to by the band, but is instantly becoming one of my favorite ADTR songs.  The song opens with a very catchy riff that stays throughout the song, dragging the listener in.  The instrumentation of this song reminds me a lot of Phil Spector's idea of a wall of sound, stampeding you with lots of noise and instrumentation.  And although the song is more light and poppy, the instrumentation almost seems heavy in a way.  The music retains this catchy riffage and lighter sound until towards the end, where it gets heavier at times and becomes more of a breakdown, retaining that typical ADTR sound.
     Frontman, Jeremy McKinnon, really excels his vocals in this song, keeping his screams to the breakdown section only.  McKinnon really shines in this song, and uses his therapeutic style of vocals to deliver some really emotional, heartfelt lyrics.  McKinnon is one of an elite group of singers that has a great singing and screaming voice, and really shows it, regardless of his lack of screaming in the song. 
     This song overall is a really catchy, upbeat song that will keep you listening over and over again.  The combination of McKinnon's great voice, with heartfelt vocals and the catchy poppy and light, yet somehow heavy instrumentation makes for a really great song.  Posted below is the newly released music video for All I Want.  Make sure you catch A Day to Remember headlining the Game Changers Tour featuring Bring Me the Horizon, Pierce the Veil and We Came as Romans this spring. 

All I Want-A Day to Remember