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erzkine	The Helio Sequence	Lead	[-]
Glow Worm Posts: 472 (11/28/2009 08:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Remove this ad Found no reference to this, so perhaps we all missed out on their excellent album Keep Your Eyes Ahead from 2008. Check out The Helio Sequence folks!
fandorin		#1	[-]
Posts: 5900 (11/28/2009 09:48) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	oohh...great album, i didnt miss it... also love their earlier work "com plex" with the GLORIOUS track SASSAFRAS (one of my alltime favs...) ...because strange is what we need The Fandorin Foto Files
Remindlessness		#2	[-]
Columbus Posts: 822 (12/03/2009 11:56) Glow Worm Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Great band! Been into them for the past four years....from Oregon. Just missed them last time I drove through Portland. The drummer reminds me of Animal from the Muppets!
Remindlessness		#3	[-]
Columbus Posts: 822 (12/03/2009 12:06) Glow Worm Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks for bringing this band up....just listening to the album "Love and Distance"....reminds me of some long road trips I've taken in the past couple of years trying to find someplace to call home.
ynnpar		#4	[-]
Columbus Posts: 706 (12/05/2009 05:07) Glow Worm Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Remove this ad Yeah, I've never been able to figure out quite what the drummer is doing (uh, just drumming?) but I know that the music sounds very good. Drummer was involved with Modest Mouse for a while, which almost instantly makes me a fan. The Portland music scene is great...
chrome3D		#5	[-]
Posts: 5335 (12/06/2009 20:30) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have listened to the new album Keep Your Eyes Ahead 2 times now. Their sound is enjoyable and the singer is very very good. They could use some more memorable songs though. There are many other contenders in this same field and they are not able to write songs that stay in my mind. That´s the department that left me wanting for more. Hallelujah was an uplifting pseudo-gospel and probably my fave. Then in the next song Broken Afternoon at the end of the album they all of a sudden started to be a Bob Dylan tribute band, with their own song though, but same kind of nasal voice and singing manners. In the next last song the singing was like the hobo croaky Dylan of the modern days. Confusing... He drums impatient fingers on the chrome and on the leather Last Edited By: chrome3D 12/06/2009 20:42. Edited 1 times.
fandorin		#6	[-]
Posts: 5900 (12/10/2009 07:48) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, Chrome, the singer has a beautiful voice, hitting notes and all... and I humbly kneel in front of their sonic inventions. Just incredible. Once more thanks to Ernst for bringing this up. I listened quite a bit to Com Plex, their 1st album, in 2005-2006 when I was going through a horrible phase of depression. I noticed the quality of the album, but in fact, I couldnt truly enjoy anything those days, as my whole life felt like a phantom limb...numb, unnecessary, but still painful and annoying. Avoided all music from that phase soon after. Took it out again now - and now it takes me to unseen places. It's got a nice New Weird America feel going on, but drenched in thousands of juicy guitar textures instead of folky revivally. Second album has the ComPlexIty channeled a bit, while still featuring lots and lots of weird hooks and lines. Chrome, the Dylan tribute is mindblowingly byootiful, isnt it? Also love the country finale - so strange on an Indie Shoegazer Freakout album, but SOO in place at the right time. Did you notice how great and naturally the drums are recorded?? The drums play almost as many melodies as the guitars... Wow!!! Fantastic music!! ...because strange is what we need The Fandorin Foto Files
chrome3D		#7	[-]
Posts: 5335 (12/10/2009 21:06) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Remove this ad Yes, it´s true that the drums sound really good but so does just about everything. Singing, drums and guitars have clearness that is almost strange. They all have a lot of space to breathe but it´s still a full experience. Also the songs are mostly positive. There is joy of life and not much pessimism. Those are all qualities that I like. The opener "Lately" has all those good qualities but so does most of the other songs. The songs start to get more shapes as time goes by but that is just good as it won´t wear out in few listens. He drums impatient fingers on the chrome and on the leather

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