Seventhings-Unraveled Review

Artist: Seventhings
Title: Unraveled
Genre: Pop-Rock-Modern Rock
Label: Independent
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Seventhings is the pop-rock product of the Californian singer/songwriter/producer power-duo Margaret McClure and Andy Machin. McClure started out in the music industry with a successful solo career, first as a violinist in the Orange County District Orchestra and then as a solo performer in the California rock scene. Machin spent most of his youth touring with various bands before opening up Bigrock Studios in Escondido, California. After playing together in the bands Seventhings and The Rockinvaders, McClure and Machin decided to collaborate on Unraveled, a pop-rock album recorded at Machin's Bigrock Studios. The duo's music has been featured in several TV/film slots, such as "Broadjam", "American Idol Underground," MTV's "My Super Sweet 16" and "Making The Band 4," "Access Hollywood," VH1's "Best Week Ever," and PBS's "Road Trip Nation."
Produced and written by McClure and Machin, Unraveled is a collection of medium to fast tempo pop-rock tunes featuring McClure's lead-vocals and Machin's lead-guitar. The album starts off with an average up-tempo pop-rock song, "If It Was You," followed by a more-bluesy pop-rock song "Hey Angel."

"Can't Give your Love," is a slower, moodier rock song with an adult-contemporary appeal. In songs such as "I'm Gone," "Make You," and "Can't Give Your Love," McClure's voice sounds strikingly similar to the character Mimi from the Broadway show, Rent and very much like the 90s' female singer/songwriter, Merril Bainbridge. McClure's innocent voice gives most of the songs on this album a very mainstream pop sound.