Ringing in my ears
While having these pseudo philosophical thoughs, hippie stuff, bloody buddhism and not writing at all I, of course, have been receiving a punch of music. Actually I’ve been having so much of it that I don’t know where to start and what to say about all of them, so maybe I just try to write about few I got a while back.
Let’s start from the fact that my record player, vinyl player is broken, or most probably it just needs new needle, and I’ll get that soon (saturday) and hope that will fix it, but mean while I not going to listen any vinyl I have. And as you can see from the pictures all the stuff I decided (more or less) to try to write about is on vinyl.
But not only.
Glös‘s [I hate myspace] Harmonium is something I had on my computer for a long while, I just never properly listened it through, then it came up and I read that it had same people than in Denali[I hate myspace], sister and brother. I really like Denali‘s first one, and the Glös vinyl was quite cheap and colored so of course I was interested. I listened the album through couple of times and noticed it’s good and ordered it, of course. What I mean when saying good? It’s good, it’s not blowing me away. It’s very solid in a way that I don’t pick up immidiate hit songs but at the same time I could play any song and it would be rather good example what you get. It certainly has connection also musically with Denali‘s post grunge (what ever that is) but more machines added. I miss a bit more vocals from Maura, but it’s ok. Good album.
Almost all of these are actually (co) releases of adagio 830. and I ended up ordering these… well I ordered something from them, but then cancelled it, and check out is there anything I could take with samo price, and all the colored ones we’re their own releases, so… it just kinda happened, also all of these were quite cheap (12€).
Ok but on witht the music. First one was actually …who calls so loud[I hate myspace]. Colored double 10″ with the cd was the catch, but because I’m very poor nowdays (and have always been) I tend to listen music first before buying (yes, seriously.. and no, not always). So I went to their myspace [I hate myspace] and listened the sample songs over there, and was interested, but not straight away. There is something very nice with the actual songs, guitars, drums, intensity, but the vocals are a bit challenging. So I went to explore the wonderful land of internet and found the album. I listened the whole album through couple of times, and started somehow like the vocals, wierd enough. Actually so much that I ordered their 12″ and I was about to order their shirt, but came to senses, and now I’m regretting it. (I think I’ll get the shirt eventually, it had tiger on it)
So the music, what? emo punk, well, maybe not so much of the punk. Emo? well maybe but I’m getting lost with all these genre settings and rules. It’s played with guitars and drums and bass, and somebody is, if not singing, delivering some form of human voice. It has rather catchy things going on somewhere, because even though not stright away sticking in to your head, they will stick to your head. I noticed that had these song playing in my head after those couple of listen throughs, and that was actually the final reason why I ordered it (have I ordered them in cd? good question)
Since thing is that they haven’t named the bloody lp’s, so both are (as long as I have figured out) …who calls so loud other 2×10″ and other 12″ the 12″ doesn’t even have the song names on it (at least I haven’t found them) but the song titles are on their myspace. last.fm loves this.
Then Gods and Queens[I hate myspace] were almost same kind of case, but this time I only listened through the myspace [I hate myspace] songs and ordered it. It also came with cd. Punkish art not so much art and eventually I would again say rock. Well always when there is these “choirs” of yelling I think of punk. Also G&Q don’t have any album title, let alone song titles. Nice. But I like the music nevertheless.
Then the one I didn’t know anything of Haram‘s Drescher. It was cheap and yellow vinyl. And this is the of course the positive surprise of the group. Again I would somehow categorize it to emo punk, but it’s really just rock. The album is really good, there something that reminds me of Swervedriver, something how the guitars work together. So again really good guitar stuff, solid drumming, ok vocals and Good songs. For some funny way this makes me happiest from all of these, not the music, but the fact taht I got it. It’s probably just the effect of surprise, but nevertheless.
The last album over there in the pictures are a bit different kind. I didn’t heard it at all before ordering it, but their previous album was and is really good. Mouth of the architect‘s [I hate myspace] The Ties that Blind has grown on me about every time I listen to it, so it was clear I will order their new one, Quietly. On the first listen I was already sure it is good, and it is. After more listening I’m not sure is it as good as the previous, but it is good. Right now I feel it don’t have as much hooks as the The Ties… but this might change during the time. I think Quietly is also a grower.
Other stuff I’ve been having:
- Boris & Merzbow – Rock Dream (more listen throughs)
- Omega Massif (more listen throughs)
- Fear Falls Burning (slowly we lift.. sound really good)
- Queens of the Stone Age – Era Vulgaris (2 first albums are still the best)
- Eksi Ekso
- Bunch of others…. Argh
This basically means that I’ll try to do another post of other stuff, when if I have anything worth while to say.
Well… About Eksi Ekso‘s I am your bastard wings, It’s brilliant, specially the first actual song is blowing, it’s actually such a hit that it almost overshadows the rest of the album, but then, it doesn’t. Great arrangement and orchestrations, singer who has a voice, emotianally and musically powerfull (or is this the same thing?). It reminds me a lot of things, singer brings Bark Psychosis to my mind (if they have connection please tell me, but I think not), Somehow I come to thing that it’s somehow… well no, but maybe Thee Silver Mt.Zion could sound a bit like this too if the Efrim learned (or cared) to sing well, or if he just would step a side and let someone more capable to do the singing.
I actually do have picture also from Eksi Ekso (black/orange), but maybe I’ll post it later with that next bunch of albums.
I hope to get: A good Job with meaningful substance and good enough salary.
Sometime soon, hopefully, some thoughs about living&time
