Love or Hate?

Trollheart · 07-09-2015, 03:14 PM

Heard both, sorry.

Edit: heard Overkill, HAVE Spock's Beard but have not yet listened to it, so will accept that one.

Chula Vista · 07-09-2015, 03:15 PM

Did ya like The Beard?

The Batlord · 07-09-2015, 03:18 PM

Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

Machine · 07-09-2015, 03:22 PM

Would you be interested at all in hearing some great black/death metal? The one I want to pick was one of my favs from last year.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 07-09-2015, 03:22 PM

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

Trollheart · 07-09-2015, 03:27 PM

Title: Sway
Artiste: Marian Hill
Genre: Um ... jazz? Cabaret? Not sure...
Familiarity: Zero

Track 1(Love) So is this the twenties again? Very sensual voice (Marian Hill is not the singer's name, so far as I can ascertain, but that of the duo; there is minimal, which is to say almost zero, information on them so I can't tell you anything. Even their Bandcamp page is empty.) This is driven on smoky sax and thick bass, with sort of very little percussion. Kind of reminds me of Sam Brown in a way. Lot of sampling going on here, and despite the twenties comment above this actually does a great job bridging vintage and modern music.
Track 2(Love) Slower, quite sultry; music is certainly driven on the vocals with the sax a lot of the time in the background mostly. Good use of synths, percussion is again minimal.
Track 3(Love) Definitely gives me the feeling of being in some smoke-filled cabaret hall, maybe during the war. Very evocative.
Track 4(Love) Harder kind of sound, handclaps reminiscent of “We will rock you”. Sampling is again well done. Powerful song. Great ending.
Track 5(Love) This one has a real sway (sorry) about it
Track 6(Love) Heavier feel to this
Track 7(Love) Yeah, like this one too.

End result: Certainly different. Her voice drives everything and it's sultry as all hell. Sax is good but the samplers are really the other half of the success of this. Worth watching, could be very big. They'd want to get some info about themselves out there though: to have an album out and an empty Bandcamp page is not a good start.

So, Love or Hate? This would be a Love.

(Note: I'm cutting out the “Chances of a full review” bit as it's really pointless)

Trollheart · 07-09-2015, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Did ya like The Beard?

I do like SB but a lot of the time they can definitely wander into technowank territory, and then I really don't care for them. I have, though, only heard about three of their albums I think.

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

OK. I did Are you dead yet for Metal Month, just so you know.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Machine

Would you be interested at all in hearing some great black/death metal? The one I want to pick was one of my favs from last year.

Sure. I said any genre, so throw it at me.

Machine · 07-09-2015, 03:35 PM

Okay then.

Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise

**Frownland** · 07-09-2015, 03:37 PM

I thought that was what you were referring to. Phenomenal album but it'll probably get a true hate.

Frank Zappa - Bongo Fury

The Batlord · 07-09-2015, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

OK. I did Are you dead yet for Metal Month, just so you know.

Then replace it with Cynic - Focus

07-09-2015, 03:14 PM	#1351 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Heard both, sorry. Edit: heard Overkill, HAVE Spock's Beard but have not yet listened to it, so will accept that one. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-09-2015, 03:15 PM	#1352 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Did ya like The Beard? __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

07-09-2015, 03:22 PM	#1354 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	Would you be interested at all in hearing some great black/death metal? The one I want to pick was one of my favs from last year. __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

07-09-2015, 03:27 PM	#1356 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Title: Sway Artiste: Marian Hill Genre: Um ... jazz? Cabaret? Not sure... Familiarity: Zero Track 1(Love) So is this the twenties again? Very sensual voice (Marian Hill is not the singer's name, so far as I can ascertain, but that of the duo; there is minimal, which is to say almost zero, information on them so I can't tell you anything. Even their Bandcamp page is empty.) This is driven on smoky sax and thick bass, with sort of very little percussion. Kind of reminds me of Sam Brown in a way. Lot of sampling going on here, and despite the twenties comment above this actually does a great job bridging vintage and modern music. Track 2(Love) Slower, quite sultry; music is certainly driven on the vocals with the sax a lot of the time in the background mostly. Good use of synths, percussion is again minimal. Track 3(Love) Definitely gives me the feeling of being in some smoke-filled cabaret hall, maybe during the war. Very evocative. Track 4(Love) Harder kind of sound, handclaps reminiscent of “We will rock you”. Sampling is again well done. Powerful song. Great ending. Track 5(Love) This one has a real sway (sorry) about it Track 6(Love) Heavier feel to this Track 7(Love) Yeah, like this one too. End result: Certainly different. Her voice drives everything and it's sultry as all hell. Sax is good but the samplers are really the other half of the success of this. Worth watching, could be very big. They'd want to get some info about themselves out there though: to have an album out and an empty Bandcamp page is not a good start. So, Love or Hate? This would be a Love. (Note: I'm cutting out the “Chances of a full review” bit as it's really pointless) __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-09-2015, 03:35 PM	#1358 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	Okay then. Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

07-09-2015, 03:22 PM	#1355 (permalink)
Ol’ Qwerty Bastard OQB Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Frownland Posts: 8,832	Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

07-09-2015, 03:37 PM	#1359 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I thought that was what you were referring to. Phenomenal album but it'll probably get a true hate. Frank Zappa - Bongo Fury __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x