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moon lake inc.
Join Date: Oct 2014
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#113 (permalink) |
moon lake inc.
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It feels deserted to me completely desolate despite the maximalist approach to ambiance, and not in a good way. A better approach to the this type of songwriting would be something like Jefre-Cantu Ledesma's In Summer, something Frownland turned me onto last year. That isn't to mention the lyrics which are just the most cliched "we're on drugs" **** you could ever hear. It fails at being comfy, ambient, psychedelic, or hypnogogic which is obviously what it's going for. It's shocking too I thought The Terror was a much better run into electronic and ambient.
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Born to be mild
Join Date: Oct 2008
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You remember of course who you're talking to? Hey, what can I say? I enjoyed it. Sue me. The average settlement is twenty thousand dollars.
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Born to be mild
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![]() ![]() Album title: Gentlewoman, Ruby Man Artist: Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White Genre: Indie Rock Nationality: English/American Release date: January 13 Position in Discography: First collaboration Fear Factor: Moderate Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Slightly Check out more from this artist? No Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes I'll be honest: when I saw the name I thought it was herself from Florence and the Machine, but no, it isn't. So I haven't heard anything from this duo before, either singly or, as here for the first time, collaborating together. This is, however, an album of covers, so while I don't know the first track, there are songs here that will be familiar to me, such as “Grease”, “Suzanne” and “Sunday Morning”, but before that we have music from artists such as Frank Ocean, James Blake and Roy Ayers, none of which I've heard. A decent collection of songs, and they're both good singers but nothing, initially anyway, to blow me away yet. Generally I'm not quite bored, but midly entertained. It's like watching a TV programme that you're not quite into but you kind of want to leave it on in case it gets better. Mind you, I have yet to get to the songs I know, so maybe that will change things. Not much of the “rock” about this indie rock so far though. I'm not a fan of Grease, but hell at least it isn't “Summer Lovin'” or “You're the One That I Want”, so I guess thankful for small mercies. The song does seem a little out of place here though. Not a big Cohen fan, though I do know “Suzanne” vaguely, and I guess they do a good job. Same with VU's “Sunday Morning” - only a very passing association with Lou and the boys. Yeah, it's all right but I won't be racing to dip into the discography of either artist. ![]() Expectation Index: 6
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Born to be mild
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![]() ![]() Album title: Silver Artist: Gotthard Genre: Hard Rock Nationality: Swiss Release date: January 13 Position in Discography: Twelfth Fear Factor: Low Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes The first Swiss album to be released in 2017? Well, on this list anyway. Starts off as a kind of an AOR thing with a big hooky chorus then seems to chart a course between Europe (the band, not the continent) and Creedence, which generally is not a bad thing. Got to laugh at the double entendre of their name: oh ho ho! Actually, maybe more Kansas than CCR but still good. “Stay with me” stands out as a nice rock anthem if a little generic (kind of reminds me of Balance of Power). Kind of more in the AOR vein as I suspected from the opener, with elements of maybe pop/rock? I wouldn't call it hard rock, unless you call the likes of Bon Jovi and Europe hard rock? Nah. Good album though. ![]() Expectation Index: 0
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Born to be mild
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![]() ![]() Album title: Healed by Metal Artist: Grave Digger Genre: Heavy Metal/ Power Metal Nationality: German Release date: January 13 Position in Discography: Eighteenth Fear Factor: Low Familiar with this artist? I've heard the odd album Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Quite Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Always You have to laugh at the – intentional or otherwise – boneheadedness of not only the title of the album, but other tracks such as “Ten Commandments of Metal” (Number One: Thou Shalt Not Wash?) ![]() There are some pretty good anthems here - “Call For War”, “Ten Commandments of Metal” (even if it is ![]() Look, Grave Digger aren't exactly breaking any new ground (sorry) but they're not giving up the ghost either (sorry). With eighteen albums now under their belt and over three decades in the business, there's life in the old dog yet. Sorry. I'll stop now. ![]() ![]() Expectation Index: 0
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Zum Henker Defätist!!
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Beating GNR at DDR and keying Axl's new car
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Buried in bad puns.
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