Moses Mayfield - Inside (CD)

All Music Guide

Birmingham, Alabamabased poprockers Moses Mayfield (a fivepiece band, not a solo act) offer a relentlessly polite form of mainstream altrock along the lines of Train, Pete Yorn and in their peppier moments, Maroon 5. In other words, The Inside is glossy, superficially catchy and almost entirely without substance. What it lacks is much in the way of substance even by the diminished expectations of contemporary radio fodder. Singer Matthew Mayfield is pleasant enough but almost entirely lacking in personality, and his forgettable vocals and lack of presence weaken the already fairly tepid charms of songs like the forgettable first single "Fall Behind" and the overt Coldplay ripoff "A Cycle." While there's nothing particularly wrong with The Inside, it's quite likely too bland even for Clear Channel.

- Stewart Mason, All Music Guide