A four piece rock band with charisma, talent, and energy; welcome to Ra, the Egyptian Sun God. Fifteen tracks of diverse rock with obscene drum lines and vocals make it simplistic to listen to. They have a certain resemblence to Sting. Second album=leads to second success.
Music is life for Sahaj, lead singer, who expresses his fears and desires that has roots in India 14 years ago.
"Duality" explores the dark side of songs like "Fallen Angels" with its paranioa infected wounds. (A chart topper soon as well) The aching despair of "I Lost Everything" although when they sing it, they seem to happy to be saying they lost everything. Get the sex rush from "Got Me Going" and the all famous cover, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic."
Ra has many influences in my opnion. Metallica for power. Queen and Sting for complexity. As well as System of a Down for music melodies.
"Duality" is divided into two parts, "Fear" (track 1) and "Love" (track 8) both less than a minute each, show hope and despair. Intesity of "Take Me Away" with howling guitars and tribal beats contirdict with the reggae beat of "I Lost Everything." Middle Eastern flare of "The Only One" and wrenching distortion of "Taken" forms a counterpoint with "Swimming Upstream" with a degree of sweat and regret.
"Superman" talks about God with the statement, "Thank you God, for this great oppurtunity." Although, isn't India Hindu or Buddist. I like how Sahaj truned a new leaf. I have opnions on God myself, but I rather keep them quiet.
Take notice because with Duality, Ra will see a dawn greater than India can provide.
4/5
XenonDrive, may I do these honors? I shall!
Recomended Downloads:
...Fallen Angels...
...Take Me Away...
...I Lost Everything...
...The Only One...
...Superman...
