Artist: Sine Star Project
Title: Building Humans
Label: A Blood Light
Genre: Indie
Bitrate: 189kbit av.
Time: 00:37:35
Size: 53.42 mb
Rip Date: 2008-05-13
Str Date: 2008-00-00
1. Bleeding Like A Dog 3:55
2. Brown Bread 3:20
3. Eternal Sadness For Man 4:57
4. Chinese Drag Queen 5:54
5. Glitter Ghost 3:13
6. Little Bird 3:19
7. The Temptress 3:46
8. Posthuman 2:41
9. Christmas Carol For The Dead 3:54
10. Cathedral 2:36
Release Notes:
The great Elvis Costello once said that ╢writing about music
is like dancing about architecture≈. Itπs hard to know where
to start with Sine Star Project. Just when you think youπve
got them worked out, they surprise you with a radical chord, a
change of pace or a teasing lyric.
Peter J Croissantπs controlled yet powerful vocals owe
something to Jeff Buckley and perhaps Matt Bellamy, while his
band fall somewhere between Led Zeppelin, Muse and Pink Floyd
with cascades of harmonies, melodies and riffs.
The album opens with Bleeding Like A Dog where Croissantπs
delicate falsetto is given free reign to ride over Queen-like
piano chords. Chinese Drag Queen is an altogether darker
proposition, although its rapidly changing time signatures can
be hard to decipher.
Little Bird is reminiscent of The Dears in full flow with some
great synth and sweeping strings. Christmas Carol For The Dead
is a stunningly restrained piece of work; a brass band plays a
lament while the band weave intricate harmonies over the top.
Instrumental Cathedral forms an uplifting finale to a
grandiose statement of an album.
The album was self-recorded, mixed and produced, and while
this is an impressive feat you suspect that in professional
hands this record could sound altogether grander. The
production is washed out in parts and is a little bass heavy.
Overall, then, an ambitious record, brimming with ideas and
enthusiasm, which veers just the right side of prog.