April 19, 2010

Color Of Clouds: Satellite Of Love

This aptly named trio works within a sparseness that is commendable.  Lead vocalist Kelli Scarr (great name by the way) emotes on a spiritual (“Haunts Me”)/physical (“I Want You”) split level while Dan Chen and Nate Greenberg support her with textures of sound.   There is room to breath on these tracks; the lyrics take center stage and while some seem a bit too personal (“The Look”) others ring true for everyone (“Come Back to Me”).  Pianos, strings and soft drums are par for the course and when the fluid guitar notes show up they are welcomed with open arms.

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Untied States: Instant Everything, Constant Nothing

This is angular, complex rock and roll.  Untied States has put together a jigsaw puzzle of riffs, tempo changes, click’s, synth’s, distortion and words with their third album Instant Everything, Constant Nothing.  Experimental post-punk may be the easiest way to describe it, but the fellas do everything they can to defy labels. 

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