Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Moments in Grace - Moonlight Survived (2004)

Bland, uncompelling crap.

Stratus
The Patient
Broken Promises
My Dying Day
We Feel The Songs
My Stunning Bride
Monologue
Distant and Longing Light
The Blurring Lines of Loss
No Angles
Don’t Leave
The Past

If the vying-for-a-position-at-an-Italian-restaurant (in terms of sheer ability to grate cheese) vocal melody that comprises “My Dying Day”’s verse riff doesn’t put this record in a coffin, the staggeringly oblivious, unintentional melodrama that is [...]

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Institute - Distort Yourself (2005)

When animals attack, you need bullet proof skin and ambulances. This is no secret or lie, unless you are a robot.

Bullet Proof Skin
When Animals Attack
Come On Over
Information Age
Wasteland
Boom Box
Seventh Wave
The Heat Of Your Love
Ambulances
Secrets And Lies
Mountains
Save The Robots

Given that Institute collaborator Chris Traynor used to be the guitarist for proto-nu metal outfit Helmet, and that [...]

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