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Artist: Firescape
Album: Dancehall Apocalypse
Label: We The People
Playtime: 46:18 min
Genre: Rock
URL: http://www.wethepeoplerecords.net
Rip date: 2007-04-09
Street date: 2007-06-12
Size: 74 MB
Type: Advance
Quality: VBR kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Here's the first full length from these emo/pop rockers featuring the
guitarist from Something Corporate. It's good for what it is. Kiddies will
love it. Enjoy it 2 months early.
Firescape, the side-project of Something Corporate guitarist and songwriter
Josh Partington, edges away from the self-wrought convention of ôpiano rockö
towards the rawer, harder edge of his own songwriting. With echoes of the
melodic rock sub-genre that defined JoshÆs previous work, Firescape rings
with the heavier, richer sound of a musician in touch with the personal
aspects of his music; thought and memory and a devotion to influence, ôI
guess itÆs like a photo-album in a lot of ways.ö
With Partington carrying the title of songwriter, performer and producer,
FirescapeÆs brand of hook-driven, introspective rock forgoes compromise to
give the listener a truer, more intimate portrait of the musician pulling the
levers and playing the notes. The songs are a combination of the fluid styles
that defined Jimmy Eat World or Weezer and the heavier guitar elements of
bands like Queens of the Stone Age. It is not a comment on a failing
situation, rather a stylistic elaboration on sound and substance. ôI think
being in a band is awesome, but it is really cool to see what happens in a
studio situation when you have a vision that is clear-cut and can be fully
realized as the only performer.ö
There is a haunting energy, a drive that is fueled by both lyrical depth and
choruses that have an unshakeable confidence and warmth. There is an undertow
that is both melancholy and hopeful, an exposition of both the histories of
the songwriter and the more universal subjects of the songs.
This branching off seems a step into a more mature sound, one that reminds
the listener of the distant sadness of Elliot Smith or the expressive
authority of Incubus, while maintaining its own mixture of musical eloquence
and force.
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01. Right From The Start ( 2:50)
02. The Sound ( 3:52)
03. The Way You Are ( 3:33)
04. Impossible ( 4:04)
05. Breathe In ( 3:34)
06. Oh No ( 3:28)
07. Everything You Are ( 3:52)
08. Erase This ( 3:58)
09. This Feels ( 3:22)
10. Postcards (Miss You More) ( 4:30)
11. His Midas Touch (Turns To Gold) ( 2:55)
12. Sleeping ( 6:20)
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