Muddy power chords and tortured vocals glued together with a driving, to-the point rhythm section defines Fairmont. While the Jersey natives explore a gritty sound with dirt under its finger tips and guitar strings, its soaring melodies and straightforward song structures rise out of the sludge to produce a cohesive power trio. Wait and Hope moves across the musical spectrum down a road of altering moods and musical composition. Catchy, alternative rock ballads including “Delilah” search for independence and reconcile while changing gears on melodic- blues induced tracks of mystery and longing such as “Andy Goldfish Dreams of the Ocean.” Fairmont feeds off naked, unpolished and wandering guitar licks and spiraling lyrics that reach for absolution. Overall, Fairmont succeeds at creating a grungy and thick alternative rock album that bleeds it all.

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