Also of note is the album s final piece, which is also its title track. Building on the core trio,

There once was a man named Jim.  One day, Jim had a son; the son of Jim.  The son of Jim would later become Jimson, and in 2011, release his album, Bee Stings Broken Hearts.  Jimson s music is very much in the alternative style, but is difficult to describe from a sonic standpoint.  Jimson s voice isn t very powerful, but it has a hushed, melodic quality to it, akin to Radiohead s Thom Yorke when he s not yelping away in falsetto.  Jimson s voice is much more restrained cruise to the end of the world and consistent, not pushing into areas it sounds cruise to the end of the world forced.  The music itself, more often than not, has a very light, ethereal quality to it, while occasionally poppy or electric.
Following a brief introductory track, Jimson leads his album off with Way to Love.   The arrangement begins simply, but builds up to include multiple guitars, keyboards, and a deceptively forceful drum track.  Jimson and Lex Price played most of the instruments, with additional keyboards by John Deaderick.  These three make up the primary musicians on each of the tracks.  Here, they create that kind of aforementioned cruise to the end of the world sound, primarily very light aside from the drums and bursts of electric guitar cruise to the end of the world that come in during the bridge.  Lyrically, the song is simple as Jimson cruise to the end of the world sings about being shown a New way to love
Incomplete has a similar structure, but is augmented by the use of slide guitar and harmonica.  The lyrics are dark.  Car crash, mother cruise to the end of the world said the good lord brings you back/Blood on the fingertips, don t you know a teenage scar heals fast?   The vocal processing, drumbeat, and chilling keyboards make the verses sound like something out of a Massive Attack song, to chilling effect.  The slide guitar is particularly haunting, almost sounding like a crying voice amongst cruise to the end of the world Jimson s soft singing.
At times, the melodies can be a little trance inducing on the longer tracks. Hold On and Rain Chain each run a little cruise to the end of the world over five minutes, which is about a minute and a half too long for their sakes.  Aside from the drums, the songs are very subdued, and while the performances are still great, they re more captivating when trimmed down.  One of the reasons two of the later pieces, Love Remains and Crimes of Age, work so well is because they are only three minutes long.  The songs, by nature of their length, flow from one engaging part to the next.  It also helps that the latter of these two has a great acoustic rhythm and a catchy vocal part.
In terms of being catchy, though, cruise to the end of the world nothing trumps the album s third song, Only Suffering.   Despite having a lyric that is so dark that it borders on depressing, the plucky guitar riff, accessible drumbeat, cruise to the end of the world and Hey sha la la chorus make the music addictive.  Bolstering the chorus are the additional vocals cruise to the end of the world provided by Marcia cruise to the end of the world Ware.  Price also plays a fantastic bass part that just adds another hook to an already hook-filled song.  In short, Only Suffering is nothing short of a alternative pop/rock gem.
Also of note is the album s final piece, which is also its title track.  Building on the core trio, Jimson brings in an additional vocalist, Jordan Caress, as well as David Henry on viola and cello and Rod McGaha on trumpet.  The expanded arrangement is used to great effect as the song features a fantastic build.  Jimson continues to channel a dark vibe as he sings of pain, heartache and the titular refrain, Bee stings and broken hearts don t hurt anymore   The overall effect of the music and lyrics is devastatingly powerful.
Aside from a few songs that are a too heavy on length and light on arrangement, Jimson s Bee Stings Broken Hearts is a well-performed, cruise to the end of the world well-written album with a very distinct sound to it.  The music is just the right mix of relaxing and powerful; it s not dull but not overly exciting either.  Some listeners may find the sound to be too subdued, but there is a wealth of deep performances featured here to reward anyone lucky enough to discover the music of the Son of Jim.