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Review Summary: Stories and death. Telling stories is something that humankind has found a knack for since the beginning. Every day there are stories around us, left, right, up and down. On the news there are headlines: breaking news about death, despair and the occasional happy affair. To us, these seem to be nothing more than simple notifications about the state of our world. However, each one of these events is a story. Even if we fail to realize it. We pay to be entertained by those who can tell stories, we line up one by one to purchase a ticket to see a hit movie or perhaps a Broadway performance. Music is story telling, well, good music is at least. Lyrics often paint pictures of a tragic, happy, or sublime events. Story telling is the backbone of human kind, it is how we talk, what we talk about, what we do. In reality, we are all living a story. Tommy the Warden, seems to understand the fundamental need of ours to hear stories. They realize that people do not connect to anything as well as they do to stories. This post-hardcore band, tells the stories of three different men in their debut EP entitled Carbonated Lungs and Kerosene Tongues. They tell stories, and they tell them so incredibly well.
Carbonated Lungs and Kerosene Tongues. tells the story of three men: Dave the Taxi Driver, Jonathan Floyd, and Benjamin the Birthday Clown. The three songs on this EP are aptly named after these men, the first song is entitled 'Dave the Taxi Driver.' The second is called 'Jonathan Floyd.' The third is 'Benjamin the Birthday Clown.' Each song is a different look at a different aspect of life. The first track deals with feelings of regret and a life that has been wasted. 'Jonathan Floyd' is about fear, doubt, and running from something one is unable to face. Finally, the last track has an even darker subject matter. Within 'Benjamin the Birthday Clown' exists an analysis of feelings of depression and regret that lead to suicide. These stories all deal with different issues in life, but they are not merely emotional songs. They are, in fact, stories about different peoples' lives that exemplify the topics that were previously mentioned. 'Dave the Taxi Driver' is, of course, about a taxi driver, 'Jonathan Floyd' is about a man who ran from his life because he lost a loved one, and 'Benjamin the Birthday Clown' is about none other than a birthday clown. The way that Tommy the Warden went about examining certain human emotions is incredible. They pull it off in such a fantastic way, the stories all piece together by the end of each song and reveal a sad, yet fitting end.
The fact that this small EP is already somewhat of a concept album, and the fact that the band pulls it off so well, is a major highlight of Carbonated Lungs and Kerosene Tongues. However, the musical prowess exhibited upon this EP is the true stand out. The guitars constantly are throwing out riffs left and right while the vocals ebb and flow between screaming and clean, soothing, singing. The drums in the background compliment all of this brilliantly orchestrated instrumentation, each section plays its part at the perfect time. There are moments when the guitars seem to somehow suspend themselves as the vocalist engages in a solo run. The vocals will then drop off for a brief moment while the guitarists engage in a fantastic riff. Breakdowns are not nonexistent upon this album, but they are not overly abundant either. Despite this, the few moments when there is a breakdown are incredible and well worth the wait. Overall, there is not a thing out of place on this great little EP. Every single thing falls into its correct place, the vocals are harsh at times, soothing at others. The guitars never drown out anything, and the drums and bass relentlessly drive the songs forward. The high level of musicianship that went into this EP is certainly noticeable. This sixteen minute long EP packs a punch, this is something that should not be missed.
This is a great EP. The lyrics, the content, the instruments, the vocals, everything about it is simply incredible.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Wow, this is a lot loner than I thought it would have been. I can't tell if the first paragraph is somewhat unnecessary or not...
Either way, please don't crucify me lol, I haven't written a review since my last account got banned, and I just plain haven't written in awhile anyway.
Let me know if it's a good review...
Anyways, here's their bandcamp, I strongly suggest you check them out.
http://tommythewarden.bandcamp.com/album/carbonated-lungs-and-kerosene-tongues
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your review is up fool
I'm gonna listen to this
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the whole storytelling notion for your review works great and the first paragraph does a nice job introducing it, but the 1st paragraph kind of drags a bit tbh. It's a great review overall though, and I'm not saying the storytelling spin is bad at all. really good for a first review, it all reads well. and what better way to start reviewing than with a 3 track EP? I'll pos this
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they grow up so fast... pos
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"your review is up fool
I'm gonna listen to this"
Sweet finally. haha.
I was used to the instant gratification of seeing my reviews on the front page when I hit submit... But with a new account that didn't happen, I freaked out lol.
Go ahead, I enjoy it.
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didn't enjoy reading the second paragraph
Band seems promising. I am no fan of the screams, but the guitarists and the cleans (most of the time) are great.
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
yeah definitely agree that the first paragraph is a little long-winded and drags on just a little too much. other than that, nice review...good to have you back.
you've sparked my interest with this one, I think I'm gonna take a liking to it. downloading now...
sounds like early Fall of Troy stuff.
It's not bad, vocals are a little annoying at times and the lyrics aren't the most impressive but the intensity and general feel of the music is pretty awesome.
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"didn't enjoy reading the second paragraph
Band seems promising. I am no fan of the screams, but the guitarists and the cleans (most of the time) are great."
Yeah, that one was hard to get out, I spent a good 30 minutes refining it, but it still felt a tad awkward, I wasn't quite sure how to get the whole story telling point across.
"yeah definitely agree that the first paragraph is a little long-winded and drags on just a little too much. other than that, nice review...good to have you back.
you've sparked my interest with this one, I think I'm gonna take a liking to it. downloading now...
sounds like early Fall of Troy stuff.
It's not bad, vocals are a little annoying at times and the lyrics aren't the most impressive but the intensity and general feel of the music is pretty awesome."
Haha thanks. Yeah, as I stated, I wasn't certain about the length of the first paragraph, but I left it anyway haha.
Yeah, sometimes the vocals can be a little whiny, but I feel that it's still a very solid album.
| | | Album Rating: 5.0
"... vocals are a little annoying at times ..."
I've heard rumours of another vocalist waiting in the wings. Don't tell anyone though.
| | | Album Rating: 4.0
"I've heard rumours of another vocalist waiting in the wings. Don't tell anyone though."
Really? Haha, I don't know how anyone could know anything about this band, since they seem pretty unknown to me. That's cool though. Are they working on new material?
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ALL THESE DAMN CELEBRITIES
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Haha.
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strange how this is the only album banananer-whatever has rated (5) and the only thing he's commented on
either an alt or a band member , calling it
| | | Album Rating: 4.0
"strange how this is the only album banananer-whatever has rated (5) and the only thing he's commented on
either an alt or a band member , calling it"
yeah, I agree. I'm figuring it's a band member, or someone close to the band since they know some inside info.
I don't mind haha, I just find it interesting.
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about the music , I like the style of screaming but it's annoying how he goes about it . for instance , on the first track , the line is "it's hard to cry when throwing your insides up" and he tries to inhale over the word 'cry' but it doesn't work
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"about the music , I like the style of screaming but it's annoying how he goes about it . for instance , on the first track , the line is "it's hard to cry when throwing your insides up" and he tries to inhale over the word 'cry' but it doesn't work"
Huh, I didn't notice that... There are some issues with the screaming though, I definitely agree, and some of the lyrics are muddy, the blend in with each other, but, I felt that those issues were too minor to bring up in a review... Hopefully they'll improve on those things in the future, that's what I'm hoping at least.
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
strange how this is the only album banananer-whatever has rated (5) and the only thing he's commented on
either an alt or a band member , calling it
bananerErRenGift is danish and means Bananas is pure poison. Seeing it is danish and we posted this review on our Facebook page yesterday, I'm pretty sure it is one of our friends just trying to help us out a bit.
However what he is telling is true. The singer status is still at a very early stage, and we are not sure what we are going to end up with. In the writing moment we are trying out some different vocals to see if we can find something that fits better.
Further I can inform that we have been doing almost nothing but writing new songs and rehearsing since we released Carbonated Lungs and Kerosene Tongues. The coming months we will try to get some gigs and later this year we will hopefully have enough money to get into the studio and record another EP.
We are looking forward to present some of the new stuff to you guys. If you liked the old stuff.. You are gonna love the new songs.
Martin - Tommy the Warden.
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Thanks for the news, Martin.
best part of reviewing very small unknown bands is they always all comment on it and then you feel cool haha
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well that was nice
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Hey, thanks for commenting on here Martin, that's definitely great news, I will look forward to that album.
"best part of reviewing very small unknown bands is they always all comment on it and then you feel cool haha"
Haha, totally, on my old account I had a few reviews where some guys from bands would comment on my reviews, it was great.
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