Track of the Day on 16Jul2008 in Experimental Rock
#5 Bitter Breakup Song in Experimental Rock, all-time
Best Keyboards in Experimental Rock, week of 16Jun2008

"Nice One! Interesting start. Vocals, have potential...Nice laid back music, goes well with the theme of the song...Over all Nice One!! Reminds me of The Doors. Extra Credit: Beat, Mood."--Iqbalsaeed Lahore, Pakistan July 19th, 2008

"Opera Rock...Progressive track with great rock voice. Organ put us in a strange mood, very great..."--KastorProd Beaune, France July 16th, 2008

"Trad goth pop...mournful organ with churchy sound and clean strummed guitars, drums come in at 1 minute. male singer singing about how his life is in shambles, trying to find pieces of why we are still here. lost golden pieces of last golden years. 1:45 and the first change comes in. like the fools we are we simply close the door. there is no more... third change, lower key than during the first verse, sort of the opposite of pop songs where they go up a key.

searching for pieces of why we're still here. lost golden pieces of another yesteryear. coda, one beating heart is a very lonely sound.

i don't know, man. how bad can it be when you're recording your music with good production? lyrically it's kind of overbearing. the playing is competent and the writing is constructed well, mournful organ is a neat touch, but this is overly morbid in the vein of roll your eyes oh brother melodramatic teen angst "pornography" era Cure, and is more normal musically. it's sort of like trad pop goth, which is wierd in a way, but in another way this sounds underdone in terms of morbidity and maybe needs more to communicate its doom and gloom message more effectively-NOT that the reviwer endorses that. you are what you create. Robert Smith grew out of his overly morbid states on later records.

that said, if you haven't already, and want to continue wallowing in this state, check out morbid goth bands such as early 80's The Cure (see "Faith" in particular), freaking Bauhaus, Current 93, Nurse with Wound, United Dairies artists for cross referencing.

Extra Credit: Production, Most Bitter Breakup Song."--GTArpe Hull, Massachusetts July 11th, 2008

"Not so shambolic...Like the passion in the vocals, it really sold the song for me. Great chorus - 'my life's in shambles'. Good arrangement and textures in the song...Like the chorus vocals...Extra Credit: Male Vocals, Lyrics, Mood, Best Potential Movie Soundtrack."--Adudeman Melbourne, Victoria, Australia July 7th, 2008

Nice
I really enjoy this track. It has a soothing feel to it. It hits home. I'm feeling the song as a whole.

Extra Credit: Originality.

- BOLTARMY
June 26th, 2008

Feels like Poe's "Tell Tale Heart" come to life
This is a strange experimental kind of song... certainly not meant for any mass consumption of any sort, but I think there are ways to make even something like this more accessible to listeners. The entire song is over the same chord progression which makes is quite tedious to listen to. The melody never really changes and besides the advent of some creepy backing vocals and marching electronic drums the song remains very static. I've heard things similar to this piece that really work as art... Like some of those old Doors tracks where Jim Morrison, while obviously very high, riffs some odd poem while the bands plays creepy stuff in the background. The difference here is that the "poetry" in this song is not all that interesting or meaningful. There are no iconic or even remotely interesting images except for the very last one: "and one beating heart is a very lonely sound" which really could have been a reasonable chorus element to break up the monotony of the rest of the song. At that point, sonically the track opens up for the first time and we hear a thudding tom tom beat that feels like Poe's "Tell Tale Heart" come to life. This was the high point of the song and should have come earlier and often.


- acronychal
Neptune City, New Jersey
June 25th, 2008

Seen some crazy things
I like the almost funeral-parlor sounding organ.

There is a constant building feeling going on there, the drums help with that a lot.

The chorus chord changes are my favorite part.


- timothybracken
Takoma Park, Maryland
June 24th, 2008

organ is you color
down to earth lyrics, but seems a little like your talking about someone else. I like the production.

Extra Credit: Production.

- jbgworld
Hollywood, California
June 21st, 2008

"Doors-Rem-Floyd...DOORS-inspired, complete with keyboard and vocal sound..with a hint of old R.E.M and Pink Floyd.."--Psick Ridge, New York June 7th, 2008

"Good lines...Good poetry and nice chord changes stylistic words and original style of music and slow grooves. Extra Credit: Originality."--Brianrill1654 Colorado Springs, Surrealism (State Of Consciousness &...June 8th, 2008

"Moody environmental...Isn't this man in the doldrums (non native reviewing). nice tough mood vibes - just a little slow to develop. yet if one is waiting then good things come to those who wait. there's guitars aplenty and choruses and chimings...all in all good mood of disenchantment or failure of 'life in shambles'. Extra Credit: Male Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Melody, Mood, Most Bitter Breakup Song."--Nikifour, Bielsko Poland June 13th, 2008

Best Keyboards in Experimental Rock, week of 16Jun2008

"Hello...Big heavy mood with the organ tones and the bass carrying the opening. Pink Floyd comes to mind, As well as Dylan, more so because of the singers voice."--Rmusgrave1427 Scranton, Pennsylvania June 5th, 2008

"I been around this world...really liking the interaction of the cool keyboards and the vocals here--the organ sounds like that on the song 'stand'--the guy is telling a story in a pleasant voice--nice fresh concept--and build-up"--Levavaran Freeport, New York June 6th, 2008

"Good job - it could have been boring!...It would be so easy for this tune to sound monotonous because I can't discern the verse/chorus BUT you've added to it slowly so that it doesn't bore. The elements work together to fill it out well. Extra Credit: Production, Originality."--Dvreaux Brandon, Mississippi May 22nd, 2008

"Pretty good...Sounds pretty good, the keys give this song a nice eerie feel...Overall I dig it."--Lincoln, Nebraska May 19th, 2008

"Decent. Vocals sound okay. Keys sound decent. Bass is a little quiet. Intro is very long...Drums are decent."--TripSixRecord Seattle, Washington May 11th, 2008

"MY REVIEW...Hearkens me back to the days of the "rock musical". JCSUPERSTAR, old Meatloaf and a bit of the Doors mixed in. I think I even heard a little Grand Funk in there.
Always loved the organ intros, they set a great mood here for what is coming. The mix is good because it doesn't interfere with the message of the singer.Nicely separated in the mix. The snare does a good job of driving the tempo, just a little thin on the tone. Might be intentional, if so it works. I don't get a chance to listen to this style of music much which made it kind of refreshing. AP"--HOLLOWMANROCKS Springfield, Oregon May 4th, 2008

"Wheres my shrooms? This reminds me of Jethro Toll. Who I like but in small doses! It is one of those songs where you sit and wait for something to happen and it never really does! More about the story than the actual music. I don't really get the story either. The production isn't bad! The singer has a kind of Jim Morrison sound when he pushes his voice that would probably sound pretty cool in front of some real rock and roll!"--Funkinblue So. Cal., California May 4th, 2008

"MY REVIEW...Hearkens me back to the days of the "rock musical". JCSUPERSTAR, old Meatloaf and a bit of the Doors mixed in. I think I even heard a little Grand Funk in there.
Always loved the organ intros, they set a great mood here for what is coming. The mix is good because it doesn't interfere with the message of the singer.Nicely separated in the mix. The snare does a good job of driving the tempo, just a little thin on the tone. Might be intentional, if so it works. I don't get a chance to listen to this style of music much which made it kind of refreshing. AP"--HOLLOWMANROCKS Springfield, Oregon May 4th, 2008