Coming through with his own distinctive flamboyant and vibrant pop music, Honess Jones’ self described MEAN POP is aggressive while being indisputably a bop. He’s able to seamlessly mix the contemporary with the more prominent forefathers, getting a synth mask over while retaining a certain metallic sensibility to the overall feeling. That rawness in the anger creates a darker and more aggressive feeling on ‘Sad Little Vice’, a song that delves deep into the annoyance at being addicted to a phone. That persistent addiction to checking what’s happening, being clued in to all social medias, and finding yourself panicking if you lose track of where you’ve left your phone is an undeniable and problematic obsession so many of the youth today find themselves almost innately addicted to.
‘Sad Little Vice’ takes its own addictive melodies to spin a strangely dark aggression and anger into something that sounds so loaded with pomp and splendour. It’s a powerful pop song that’s got a whole lot of innovation to it.