Virgos Merlot   Signs of a Vacant Soul
3.3
great
Release Date: 1999
Tracklist

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3.0 goodBritch2tiger | July 1st 15

Perhaps not one of the greatest records of the 90s, but I think it's still worth a listen due to some really good instrumentations. The singing has definitely been heard before in other bands, so this album is likely to be overlooked. Personally, this band's solo-album surpasses Atomship's solo album, The Crash of '47 - neither are classics, but both are fairly decent. Tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, and 11 serve as my highlights for this album.

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5.0 classichappyfunball | October 30th 12

Ever heard of Dark New Day? This is their amazing frontman Brett Hestla's OTHER band's album that allows him to show his immense talent to a greater extent. The fact that most people have only seen "Signs of a Vacant Soul" in a cut-out bin at the turn of the century is a crying shame. I think that Virgos Merlot is the most mismanaged band in the history of time. Some of the tragic events in this band's history include three band name changes, fraud, lawsuits, an ill-fated attempt to reform minus Hestla, not to mention a tragic drug overdose. Despite all this, the music contained here is groundbreaking modern rock featuring a melodic three guitar attack with goth and electronic undertones. Intrigued yet? Unfortunately, Virgos Merlot were written off early as just another major label artist that got thrown on the wall and didn't stick, but there is much more here than meets the eye.

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3.0 goodgoodsitebaduserbase | May 28th 22
1.5 very poorMegabomberman | April 20th 21
3.5 greatAbraxas | August 28th 18
3.5 greatShamzus | June 9th 16
3.5 greatRoderickINM | June 3rd 11

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