There's No Escape My Pretties
Joey Eyebank Ramone finds there's no escape from the tottering review
tower...
Baby with open mouth!
Open mouth: Castle keep
I was a massive fan of Miss Black America and the thought of them having
a brake and Seymour having a solo e.p frustrated me.
But this is a truly beautiful piece of work.
This music reminds me of the sea as a ship moors on the harbour, with
the distinct guitar sound that was featured on some of the quieter MBA
songs such as "Emotional Junkmail" or "Reborn".
If those were the parts you enjoyed of MBA then I suggest you buy this
even if those weren't the parts you enjoyed give it a try it will blow
you away!
10/10
(This is out soon on R*E*P*E*A*T but Joey didn't know this when he
wrote the review - Honest Ed)
http://www.myspace.com/openmouthmusic
Recoup: Remind you
This band definitely made and effort to attract my attention as their
c.d was in a crisp packet and written at the bottom of the crisp packet
were the words Reduce Reuse Recycle ReCoup.
Despite this being rather interesting (hmmm - Ed) the band turned out
to be crap, just an electro mix of Snow patrol and Keane with some Depeche
mode flunged in. Okay I suppose if you like that kinda stuff than it's
fine but not to my liking.
The first track sounds like something out of Keane's new album with
vocals sounding like a dozed 80's electro singer that failed to make
it big on trashy shows like x-factor where as the second track is just
like a Duran Duran song with Depeche mode doing the backing.
You decide!
3/10
http://www.myspace.com/recoup
My Little Red Door: Rough Demos
You have to hand it to Little Red Door; they may have not used the best
recording equipment or the best in amps either (Beringher yuk), but
they're only a bunch of teenagers using home recording on a tape recorder
to set out to make glorious music. And that is far better than the best
of silence! Their sound is like Indie with a kind of Brit pop feel to
it. The rhythm section has a very strong pulse to it and keeps the music
to a steady beat, the guitars, although tending to go out of time in
some bits and just go off on one pentatonic scale ride, fit well with
the music in most areas .
I can see a future for this band, but they need to polish their music
and recording techniques up a bit and then they'll have the sound foundations
to get them going.
And remember
Rule # 1 - don't send in stuff for review that doesn't do you any justice!
6/10
http://www.myspace.com/MyLittleRedDoor
Twilight Sisters: A Stitch in Time
Featuring Ex Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan and Joseph Arthur,
the Twilight Sisters mixes the psychedelic elements of the Screaming
Trees and the distorted slow features of Joseph Arthur to make a wonderful
collaboration of eclectic music with its own originality. This is not
just a side project, they are truly their own band.
9/10
http://www.myspace.com/twilightsisters
Saints of Eden: Shameless
If you were to describe this strange band I'd say a peculiar mix of
80s 90s era music such as pet shop boys and Duran Duran with an electro
element and a rapper spitting words on top of it. Weird I know but I
found myself strangely liking it! Very experimental and each song sounds
completely different as if its compilation of different bands on a c.d.
Overall I wouldn't choose to buy it if it was realised in the shops
but I think it's a very interesting sound and would definitely, probably
be big on the electro/techno scene.
4/10
www.myspace.com/saintsofeden
IV Thieves: If We Can't Escape My Pretty
If Badly drawn boy had carried on, then he music would have ended up
sounding something like this. A beautiful indie fusion with melodic
catchy tunes and a signature tone to all the songs. Sounds great doesn't
it?
Or does it? The simple predictable tunes get boring after a while and
my mind starts to float into other things, and I begin to hum elevator
music in my head.
I suppose this band are good in small doses, but after a while it begins
to sound like one tedious and very long song.
4/10
http://www.myspace.com/ivthieves
Joey Eyebank Ramone
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