Review - Sept. 2005

Reviews - September 2005

Luke Jones - 09/03/05

Every once in a while you come across somebody that takes their music seriously and you know it when you hear it. Luke Jones seems to be one of these people. On the first track of his Ep, Luke Jones gracefully stumbles a little on his rhythmic lyrical delivery giving it a sycopated, soulful emotion. He has a beautiful tone and a certain richness to his vocals. The music is well written and simply fitting, and after a mandatory second listen, delightfully layered. The second and unfortunately "last track" on this online Ep is a little less impressivly engineered, though has more of a traditional rock feel which somehow vouches for this diminished sound quality. The vocals are more free in this song and the instruments follow suite. After all is said and done, it plays in nice contrast to the previous song. The limited two songs leave me looking forward to hearing more from this kid in the years to come. He seems to be fairly well known in his local Brighton England so if you ever find yourself there, look around.

Letting Up Despite Great Faults - 09/05/05
Letting Up Despite Great Faults	Letting UP Despite Great Faults I like this demo so much that I am going to listen a second time right now and review each song (including the additional songs on the website) as it plays through for the benefit of my expression and possibly the bands better understanding of itself/ himself. Not to give myself too much credit but as a musician, an observation of an outsiders first impression is important because that is usually what sticks and can become quite important. This almost un/subconscious, automatic writing, evaluation introduces an element of chance that somehow does this music great justice. 01. I Hear You Drowning But I'm Tied.mp3 I’m happy to say that today we received a release that I fully fell inline with. Every sound in these songs is very crisp and intentional and the music takes on that indescribable synergy where the individual parts become a living organism of emotion. The beats set up a nice warm back ground for the vocals that are precisely and transparently painted over lulls in the calculated ambience. 02. Maybe I'll Hide With You.mp3 When you first listen to a song and if it lulls you in then you wait for a voice. A voice you want to hear. A voice you want to speak to you. A voice that despite what it says it means something much deeper and mysterious. Here this is all real. At times the mixes are a little unsteady and my speakers and brain’s mics end up paying for it, but only because it is turned up loud. Despite this, the repetitive beats paint a surreal, ambient landscape, not in the stylistic sense but in a way that creates a blank canvas and tiny strokes of color become the landscape. The acoustic guitar is clean, good, and scenic. This is one of the few albums that I have received that I have listened all the way through without stopping twice. It is definitely the soundtrack to a day that you have little or nothing to do and the background scenery becomes the building blocks to a highly creative day. Although the demo only contained three songs, I am looking forward to hearing more, which I found on the website lettingup.com. 03. If You're Here Today.mp3 Again great care seems to be taken to portray a certain feeling that seems cohesive throughout the demo. Monotony in many elements in this song are well received because of the subtle changes elsewhere in the song that are brilliantly subtle and effective. 04. Disasters Are Okay.mp3 This one has a brilliant title and it is the times. Anyways I had a lot of expectations for this one and it is lulling my network instilled paranoia and is mocking it at the same time. I can’t help reading into this one beyond the title. It is just too soothing on the surface. As you can see, again my paranoia resurfaces and again I chew it up and quickly swallow it to sit back, relax and enjoy this one for the rest of the day. Oh and the length of this one makes me want to hear this live. I think it is obvious but if you haven't figured it out yet...this is our pick for September.

Letting Up Despite Great Faults - 09/05/05

Letting Up Despite Great Faults

Letting UP Despite Great Faults

I like this demo so much that I am going to listen a second time right now and review each song (including the additional songs on the website) as it plays through for the benefit of my expression and possibly the bands better understanding of itself/ himself. Not to give myself too much credit but as a musician, an observation of an outsiders first impression is important because that is usually what sticks and can become quite important. This almost un/subconscious, automatic writing, evaluation introduces an element of chance that somehow does this music great justice.

01. I Hear You Drowning But I'm Tied.mp3
I’m happy to say that today we received a release that I fully fell inline with. Every sound in these songs is very crisp and intentional and the music takes on that indescribable synergy where the individual parts become a living organism of emotion. The beats set up a nice warm back ground for the vocals that are precisely and transparently painted over lulls in the calculated ambience.

02. Maybe I'll Hide With You.mp3
When you first listen to a song and if it lulls you in then you wait for a voice. A voice you want to hear. A voice you want to speak to you. A voice that despite what it says it means something much deeper and mysterious. Here this is all real. At times the mixes are a little unsteady and my speakers and brain’s mics end up paying for it, but only because it is turned up loud. Despite this, the repetitive beats paint a surreal, ambient landscape, not in the stylistic sense but in a way that creates a blank canvas and tiny strokes of color become the landscape. The acoustic guitar is clean, good, and scenic. This is one of the few albums that I have received that I have listened all the way through without stopping twice. It is definitely the soundtrack to a day that you have little or nothing to do and the background scenery becomes the building blocks to a highly creative day. Although the demo only contained three songs, I am looking forward to hearing more, which I found on the website lettingup.com.

03. If You're Here Today.mp3
Again great care seems to be taken to portray a certain feeling that seems cohesive throughout the demo. Monotony in many elements in this song are well received because of the subtle changes elsewhere in the song that are brilliantly subtle and effective.

04. Disasters Are Okay.mp3
This one has a brilliant title and it is the times. Anyways I had a lot of expectations for this one and it is lulling my network instilled paranoia and is mocking it at the same time. I can’t help reading into this one beyond the title. It is just too soothing on the surface. As you can see, again my paranoia resurfaces and again I chew it up and quickly swallow it to sit back, relax and enjoy this one for the rest of the day. Oh and the length of this one makes me want to hear this live.

I think it is obvious but if you haven't figured it out yet...this is our pick for September.