Iron Chic - "The Constant One" Album Review: All 11 Tracks Analyzed

8. A Serous House On Serious Earth €“ Iron Chic explore a moody rock atmosphere on "A Serous House On Serous Earth." The song acts as a welcome departure from the band's trademark song construction, starting quiet and building slowly, taking its time to transition into a driving, memorable second half. Early on, Lubrano delivers the scathingly self-critical lyric, "You had a heart of gold / I know because I f**king sold it / and truth be told / I couldn't even say what I did with the money," punctuating the band's unflinching honesty and courage to face up to past mistakes. The song cements its status as an album highlight with the outro section, where guitar bends echo with cavernous reverb and Lubrano's voice crackles and hisses with static, creating a grand, widescreen ending to the song. 9. True Miserable Experience €“ With "True Miserable Experience," Iron Chic has crafted a disappointingly mediocre album track that fails to benefit from some humorous, insightful lyrics. For the chorus, Lubrano sings, "We're not looking for sympathy / in fact we're all out of f**ks to give," displaying the combination of humor and brash self assurance the band effortlessly exudes. Later in the song, Lubrano touches on more heartfelt emotions with the lines, "If I know one thing / it's how to waste my time / and if you taught me anything / it's not to waste my life," creating a relatable feeling of bittersweet regret over learning an important lesson much later in life than needed. 10. Don't Drive Angry €“ On track ten, Iron Chic show the listener the fine line that separates a plodding track such as "Truly Miserable Experience" from a great one like "Don't Drive Angry." The fleet-footed song moves along at a zippy pace that is slightly faster than track nine, but this small increase in speed makes a large difference, giving "Don't Drive Angry" an extra infusion of excitement that "True Miserable Experience" lacks. Song ten also surpasses song nine with creative songwriting triumphs such as the stop and start tremolo picking of the guitar break and the breathless, frenzied passion of the thrilling outro section. A great song that is yet another album highlight, "Don't Drive Angry" reinforces The Constant One as a consistent album of very high quality.