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Well I'm surprised to see that this band doesn't even have a page on here, so I took the liberty of adding it. Since it's just added I'll through some info out there. Cinemechanica is a four-piece post-hardcore band from Athens, Georgia. The band has consisted of
Bryant Williamson – guitar, vocals
Andy Pruett – guitar, vocals
Joel Hatstat – bass ('02-'05)
Erica Strout – bass ('06-'07)
Matt Nelson – bass ('07+)
Mike Albanese – drums
Jeremy Fountain – drums ('06-'07)
The members created their own label, Hello Sir Records, for themselves and bands like theirs. Now on to the album.
Well, I bought this album at a local CD/record store, carelessly flicking about, and their name caught my eye. So I walk out of the store, and my friend asks me what I got. "Uhh I got this Cine-me-an-ic... *looks down* Cine-mechani...ca CD. It looks cool." So I pop it in once I get home and my first impression was instrumentation. Yen starts off with duel guitars and fast drums lead into a quirky sort of riff, both guitars meshing nicely. In comer the wailing vocals, speaking of things in the world that aren't right. From what I can understand the lyrics are good, nothing too post-hardcore stereotypical, and speaking about the world around them. It is a good fore-front for the album, showing off the individual talent. Move on to Brain Tarp which has a nice clean intro, and an overall sound that draws me in. With shouts of and it's freaking me out, not anything real imaginative, but something that grabs me for the song. Brain Tarp also ends fantastically, building through distorted guitars and is definitely a highlight song for me.
Oh Track 5, Take Me To the Hospital, how you allure me. I mention this track by itself, because it's wonderful. It is a stunning instrumental changing rhythms, distortion, it changes feel. It is a wonderfully epic song that shows off the talents of this band. A second instrumental, Get Outta Here Hitler real flounders for me. It really dampens the quite flawless track-list so far. No, not everyone is a masterpiece, but this track shouldn't even be on the album. It picks up with the next two songs, having the same formula as the beginning few, but are in no way repetitive, or boring. It ends on a decent song Orlandu, a third instrumental that isn't as good as the first, but significantly better than Get Outta.... A decent song to end on, but would have been better if switched with Take Me....
Throughout the album you will hear great teamwork on the guitars, good, active drumming, tasty hooks, in-your-face segments, and wonderful wailing vocals reminiscent of the Tony Hawks Pro Skater series soundtracks, and instrumentals, one great one in particular. Overall I think this is a solid debut performance, and should be checked out.
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Album Rating: 3
this reads more like a sound off than a review...
...pretty good album though.
This Message Edited On 05.08.08
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