| Monday, December 4, 2006 |
| Oh! Gravity. listening party review (by a guest) |
Hi, this isn't Phil, it's Kamila and I'm guest-writing on his blog, after being a guest at his listening party =D It was amazing!!!! Kudos to Phil for organizing it and putting everything together =D
The album is amazing. We listened to it a few times (3 or 4?), with repeats of a few songs by request, and for the most part the lights were out so that we could just connect with the songs.
About the tunes, I absolutely love every single one of them. They are still rather new to me so I can't write a detailed review; these are songs that need to sit for a bit, need to be reflected upon.
But let me tell you, the music sounds really, really good in the dark!
I can say that I love the way that all the songs sound. The way the melodies flow or the choruses rock, Jon's voice with a guitar or the entire band, the lyrics and the music; I've never really noticed it with any other album. Not sure if that makes an iota of sense to anyone else besides me =P
So, the songs themselves. I'm not great with words, and I'm certainly not great at reviews but I'll give it a shot. I love Head over Heels (In This Life), which is a really honest but sweet love song that isn't over the top or unrealistic. I love the arrangement of Let Your Love Be Strong, the way it builds and the mood it creates, and Jon sounds amazing on it. American Dream and Awakening are awesome, just pure rock and so much fun to scream along to. I love Awakening, and have loved it ever since I heard it live for the first time; the studio version, in my opinion, captures the energy of the live song really well. 4:12 and Circles I can't really remember all that well, they'll need some more listens. Yesterdays is a beautiful song, it captures so many feelings on so many different levels. Very sad, but not despairing; this is one of those songs that just flows, and Jon sings it so well. 'Every lament is a love song' pretty much sums it up. Amateur Lovers is a really fun song, it just makes me smile. It's a modern Valentine's day anthem! Burn Out Bright is a great song that's got a great beat and is also fun to sing along to. Faust is really cool; it's a different kind of sound but it's brilliant lyrically, especially the ending. Jon writes so much good stuff, and this one is one of my favorites; it's fairly simple but really powerful ('a heart made of gold can't really beat at all').
On the whole, this album seems to be moving in a direction that's more positive (for lack of a better word) than NIS was; it's not as dark but I almost want to say that it's more personal.
Okay, I'll give the blog back to Phil now, who writes much better than I do. Thanks for reading!Labels: album reviews., guest writers. |
posted by kamila @ 7:51 PM  
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I still love the fact that 4:12 is exactly four minutes and twelve seconds long.
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I still love the fact that 4:12 is exactly four minutes and twelve seconds long.