Music Reviews: March 2007
The Spirit Girls,"Forever Free"
(Trakwerx / End Is Here Records)
This album has one disturbingly freaky looking cover. I thought for sure I had a cd full of hardcore or nu metal songs by a female version of Slipknot or something. But, as the case may be, I was way off the mark. This gets a bit weird at times but it’s much mellower than Slipknot. This band project grew from a rock opera by noted L.A. artist Marnie Weber. The opera is about a group of ghost girls on a journey to find a place to perform their songs and tell their stories. The music is much more like the soundtrack to a surreal dream or nightmare. Favorite track: “Comforting The Bears”. _www.trakwerx.com _
Rating: 3 out of 5 (Moments of Brilliance)
Review by J.R. Oliver
Del Rey & The Sun Kings,"Battleship Potemkin" (Trakwerx)
Director Sergei Eisenstein was a man with a vision. He wanted a new score to be written every ten years for his silent film Battleship Potemkin. His thinking was that this would keep the film updated enough that subsequent generations would enjoy his work. Eighty three years later we have the latest score to hit the masses. Admittedly, I have not seen the film but the first thought I had after listening was that it sounded like the soundtrack to the raising of the Titanic. Well, if the raising of the Titanic had a soundtrack. This is intense. _www.trakwerx.com _
Rating: 3 out of 5 (Moments of Brilliance)
Review by J.R. Oliver
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