| Save yourself some cash and skip your next therapy | | | | jeans that you wish you could wear every day, then |
| session- Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Darren | | | | the guitar solo could be equated to the yearning for |
| Farris's new album, "Psychopathic Issues," is just | | | | that fine wine, you only drink on special occasions. |
| what the doctor ordered. Farris offers up thirteen | | | | On track five, Farris, temporarily brings down the |
| self-penned/produced tracks drenched in guitar and | | | | glam with the up-tempo ballad "Save Me." The lyrics |
| lyric driven hooks. It would be easy to just get | | | | read as the ploy of a young man saying whatever it |
| carried away in the stinging guitar riffs and catchy | | | | takes to get laid. However, the words become |
| melodies. However, Farris manages to draw you into | | | | validated as a genuine ballad, once they are put to |
| his world like a rock and roll, pied piper. Farris's | | | | music. Being the closest thing to a ballad on the |
| "Psychopathic Issues," proves that Rock and Roll can | | | | whole album, "Save Me," is an obvious attempt to |
| be fun and introspective at the same time. | | | | slow down the adrenalin to prepare you for the title |
| At first listen, track number two, "Nobody But You," | | | | track "Psychopathic Issues." |
| could easily be mistaken as a "who's who" in lost pop | | | | Farris notes that the title track is a traditional rocker, |
| culture. Once you get passed the power-pop rock | | | | and is not likely to be released as a single. However, |
| laced guitar candy, you see that Farris is setting you | | | | it was his favorite track to record and is the "anthem |
| up for a lesson in procrastination 101. Any songwriter | | | | the record." |
| that can manage to bring Mother Teresa, God and | | | | This collection of stinging guitar and lyric driven |
| Rob Zombie into the same verse, deserves your | | | | works, are sure to be quintessential to any rock/pop |
| attention. | | | | connoisseurs collection. The album blends just the |
| Track three, "Jenna," is the obvious star of the show. | | | | right elements of power-pop and mainstream rock to |
| With mild bluesy undertones, mixed with mainstream | | | | secure a mental grip on the mind- and may very well |
| rock riffs, this track may likely be the signature song | | | | put your shrink out on the street! |
| of the album. If "Jenna" is like your favorite pair of | | | | |