{"id":1415,"date":"2019-04-12T16:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/315music.com\/2019\/04\/12\/hearing-aide-jocelyn-chris-arndt-the-fun-in-the-fight\/"},"modified":"2019-04-12T16:00:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T16:00:48","slug":"hearing-aide-jocelyn-chris-arndt-the-fun-in-the-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/315music.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/12\/hearing-aide-jocelyn-chris-arndt-the-fun-in-the-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Aide: Jocelyn &#038; Chris Arndt &#8216;The Fun in the Fight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jocelyn and Chris broke into <em>Billboard\u2019s Top 40<\/em> in the Adult Album Alternative chart with \u201cRed Stops Traffic,\u201d the third single off their 2017 release, \u201cGo.\u201d The album as a whole was Jocelyn and Chris\u2019 most successful release. It peaked at No. 2 on Relix&#8217;s Jamband Top 30, and stayed there for three straight months. Perhaps what\u2019s most notable fact about the album is it was produced while Chris was still attending Harvard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jocelyn and Chris team chase radio play. It involves networking, sending tapes, exchanging phone calls and logging miles between more than 120 radio stations that fall under the AAA format. When \u201cOutta My Head\u201d debuted with Parade Magazine last November, David Bourgeois, the band\u2019s manager at Bridge Road Entertainment, said it caught the attention of different radio stations. And, that\u2019s exactly the point they\u2019re trying to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Fun in the Fight<\/em>, promises to be a venture that will take the band into new territory. It\u2019s debut track \u201cOutta My Head\u201d starts off with Jocelyn singing over Chris\u2019 bluesy guitar riffs, but it then turns into something different. It swiftly progresses into a layered, contemporary production; it&#8217;s uptempo and hook-focused. It is the most commercial-leaning song the two have yet to produce. And, that\u2019s just the beginning. Other songs within the 11-track album suggest Jocelyn and Chris could take aim at alternative radio in addition to the AAA and jam-band genres they are accustom to playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Jocelyn &amp; Chris Arndt - Outta My Head (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BXdz9wxrM68?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The album\u2019s opening track sets the table for Jocelyn and Chris\u2019 styling of a new generation of classic rock, featuring Danny Louis of Govt\u2019 Mule. \u201cWitness\u201d is a love letter to all artists that have influenced the sister-brother duo since they were young children. A powerful guitar riff leaves bread crumbs in a lyrical homage to Ozzy Osbourne, Prince, Pink Floyd and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any given live, Jocelyn and Chris, performance is defined by both power and energy. \u201cKill in the Cure\u201d may best capture that. It\u2019s a controlled burn, with emotional vocals from Jocelyn and metronomic guitar playing from Chris. It\u2019s an appropriate segue to \u201cOutta My Head,\u201d which within itself, beautifully progresses from Jocelyn\u2019s lyrics to a craftily layered track worthy of its debut status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris plays a mean blues guitar and it stands out on a track that also features Beau Sasser on the Hammond Organ. The two are paired well on this darkly powerful, midtempo groove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t Hang Up\u201d is a stop-and-listen track. Dark lyrics reveal one side of an intimate phone conversation from someone desperate and contrite. Jocelyn\u2019s voice is front and center in a ballad that lingers on through the next track. A stark contrast to \u201cProblematic,\u201d which follows with a pure rock riff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featuring Vulpeck\u2019s Cory Wong on lead guitar and Louis again, this time on the Hammond, \u201cBe That as it May\u201d is an all-out jam. It starts slow and busts out into a stomping, danceable track. \u201cOriginal\u201d is yet another track that\u2019s going to get you up and moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThings I\u2019ll Never Know\u201d is a retro ballad that, again, reveals the roots to Jocelyn and Chris\u2019 influences. More organ in the back, allowing Jocelyn to take the listener to church on this love song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album ends on two fun tracks, \u201cThe Western\u201d and \u201cWeatherman.\u201d \u201cThe Western\u201d is a story, as one would imagine, with pistols and a climactic duel, complete with a trumpet that will place you into the middle of a spaghetti western. The flute playing in \u201cThe Weatherman\u201d accentuates yet another retro track that harkens back to the wistful ballads of Linda Ronstadt and Dan Fogelberg that dominated radio play in the 70s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jocelyn and Chris Arndt have shown versatility, and <em>The Fun in the Fight<\/em> showcases an effort that should help push the band out in front of different audiences. It\u2019s a road map of where the two have been over the past several years and it shows where they plan on going from there. Should you be one of those who has not yet picked up on this duo, pick this up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-spotify aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The Fun in the Fight\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1mn8sQfxnk6JASIlqvW5U2?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article was originally published by <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlightnews.com\/thespot\/2019\/04\/03\/review-joceyln-chris-arndts-the-fun-in-the-fight\/\"><em>The Spot 518<\/em><\/a><em>, is property of Spotlight Newspapers in Albany, N.Y., and appears as a special to NYSMusic. TheSpot518 and NYSMusic work in partnership to provide readers with in-depth coverage on the local music scene in the Capital District and New York state, respectively. For more, visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/TheSpot518.com \ufeff\"><em>TheSpot518.com <\/em><\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jocelyn and Chris broke into Billboard\u2019s Top 40 in the Adult Album Alternative chart with \u201cRed Stops Traffic,\u201d the third single off their 2017 release, \u201cGo.\u201d The album as a whole was Jocelyn and Chris\u2019 most successful release. It peaked at No. 2 on Relix&#8217;s Jamband Top 30, and stayed there for three straight months. 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