Guest Blogger: Jillian M3

The Cab is a pop-rock band with a sound much like Maroon 5’s or Coldplay’s, but despite sounding related they successfully held their own in the album Symphony Soldier. “They say before you start a war/you better know what you're fighting for/Well baby, you are all that I adore/if love is what you need, a soldier I will be.” Starting off the track with song “Angel with a shotgun”, The Cab produced a catchy tune that pretty much set the whole tone for the entire album, meaning, Symphony Soldier is mostly songs about relationships, and though the album as a whole is good, the songs separately are definitely not bad. In one of my personal favorites,” la la” The Cab created a fun funky feel that infects the listener with a song that stays in their head all day. “And there’s nothing I can do/I just gravitate towards you/you’re pulling on me like the moon.” It’s a song you’ll find yourself nodding your head to the beat to, or later in the day singing in your head, mixed with catchy lyrics this is a favorite of many. James Shotwell from Under the Gun Review gave The Cab a 9 star review saying, “The Cab have always done a great job of separating themselves from the cookie-cutter, faceless legion of pop rock bands that plague social media these days. They never “keep it simple” and (shocker) their vocalist can actually sing well without the use of technology which, by today’s standards, makes them nearly deserving of idol worship…” Reviewer Jack Appleby from Mind Equals Blown adds “…Countless bands have fallen away from far less troubles than this group faced in the 1200 days between their albums. Against all odds, the boys from Vegas reemerged with a new disc of gorgeous pop tunes entitled Symphony Soldier...” Personally, I found The Cab’s album Symphony Soldier to be extremely fun, upbeat, and infectious, an easily likeable album. Though there are not too many bad things to say about the album, there isn’t anything spectacular about it either. It’s just a fun group of songs to listen to in the car, but I don’t see it going much further being such a mainstream sounding album. I could see The Cab doing better in the future, but only if they shaped up their lyrics a little and created a more significant uniqueness about themselves and their music.