Roemilca

Alright, so this should be interesting to do. If I'm doing this wrong, or if it's in the wrong place, please just tell me. Anyways, on to business...

I think I should start with last week's top ten, seeing as it's Monday.


Week Of February 2, 2009

10.
From First To Last - Heroine

Alright, so last week was a pretty depressing week for me. I broke up with my girlfriend who went to a mental hospital later that week, two good friends of mine died in a car crash. I felt that I needed to listen to angry, rage music, and that's when I starting actually listening to this album. Departing from From First To Last's more calmed down Dear Diary, My Teenage Angst Has A Body Count's post-hardcore with some punk rock, and even shoegaze influenced album, and removing the screaming vocals, this album constantly has a static going on in the background to set a pretty tense sound. Then they add distorted, heavy guitars, a bass that will blast your ears off, and actually whiny vocals, but it sounds more like the lead singer's extremely mad at someone the whole time, and he's pretty much singing it at their face. It can get pretty repetitive halfway through the album, but it's rather short, so it isn't a problem getting through it.

9.
Pink Floyd - Pulse

One of the few albums that I haven't actually bought or downloaded yet, I only have a few songs from it, yet I've been pretty content listening to what I do have of it. I'm not sure if this is a live album or if the songs I have just happen to be live and they're incorrectly labeled, but it sounds great either way. This has quickly become one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums (nothing beats WYWH or Piper for me), and the version of Shine On You Crazy Diamond I find much better, more epic, than the one on Wish You Were Here. I've been listening to a lot of prog rock lately, but this is definatelly one of the better albums. I'm surprised that I'm giving it such a low spot on the top ten, but I guess it's just because there were new albums that caught my attention, and I guess I just needed another type of music to give me a better mood this past week.

8.
eating.seats - Secrets About September

Another great prog rock album, they're shaped around the style of, ooh guess who, Pink Floyd. They have a signature style, though, and they really know how to make you want to sit down and listen to the entire length of their songs, because like most progressive bands, they tend to have long songs (around ten-twelve minutes).

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