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The Abominable Homan · 06-29-2009, 06:06 PM

crash_override sent me Screaming Trees - Even If and Especially When

This is a...pretty decent album. This band is basically grunge, with elements of garage rock and whatnot. The songwriting and musicianship is all solid, an makes it worth hearing a few times. My complaints are mostly just that while the music is fairly good, it never really rises above that. There's not much new happening here... you've probably already heard it done by other bands, but they do what they do well at least. Also, I never truly felt the same emotion from the vocalist that I have from other grunge vocalists. Still, it's an ok album to listen to when you don't want anything too challenging.

crash_override · 06-29-2009, 10:06 PM

The Abominal Homan sent me Estradasphere - It's Understood

This album is basically a smorgasborg of different genres which the band switches between whenever they see fit. At times having a jazzy feel, occasionally polka, grindcore, metal, folk and whatever else they feel like it seems. This album will bore you to the verge of death and then pull a complete 180 on you and leave you sayin wtf?, this formula pretty much repeats until the album is finished. They also throw a 'cover' type song of some Hank Williams for a minute. Overall this album was... Intersting, but quite the task to avoid skipping over some tracks. Not bad for a one time listen but I can't see myself wanting to listen to this again.

Overall 4/10

LoathsomePete · 06-29-2009, 10:09 PM

Estradasphere can be a tough band to get into your first time. I remember my older brother gave me that same album first and I went back to him with this perplexed look on my face and he just laughed.

06-29-2009, 06:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
The Abominable Homan Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 281	crash_override sent me Screaming Trees - Even If and Especially When This is a...pretty decent album. This band is basically grunge, with elements of garage rock and whatnot. The songwriting and musicianship is all solid, an makes it worth hearing a few times. My complaints are mostly just that while the music is fairly good, it never really rises above that. There's not much new happening here... you've probably already heard it done by other bands, but they do what they do well at least. Also, I never truly felt the same emotion from the vocalist that I have from other grunge vocalists. Still, it's an ok album to listen to when you don't want anything too challenging. __________________ Rate Your Musics Last edited by The Abominable Homan; 06-29-2009 at 06:21 PM.

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Estradasphere can be a tough band to get into your first time. I remember my older brother gave me that same album first and I went back to him with this perplexed look on my face and he just laughed. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too