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- Artist: The Prize Fighter Inferno
- Album: My Brother's Blood Machine
- Label: Equal Vision Records
- Year of Release: 2006
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- Reviewed by: hstisgod on 2006-12-28
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RecommendPixeled dust is a great analogy, though it has nothing to do with music, hence my reasoning for further explaining Equal Vision Record's -thus far- unnoticed attempt at diversifying a very successful home for Metal. This Cd isnt EXACTLY my thing (and we'll get to that later), but it was certainly worth a review.
Claudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria has taken a page out of his former co-hert's book. High synth beats, and dramatic voice mixing are only some of the quakes in this shake of genre releases. After a track resembling something I just explained, track two seems very contemporary acoustic with a Blue October feel, without the backing of bass or drums.
Track three continues on similiarly but then there's "A Death In The Family". Very odd to hear such melodies and synth creation with a lack of explosion considering its label home. Very soft and non-compromising electronica with a voice (Sanchez) that just went from the previously mentioned Blue October, to something I can't quite seem to place from the mid 80's. Farg, Im tired of trying to place this voice...But easily described as something most men in the Gen X would be embarassed to admit liking in his high school days.
Now I'm just a lowly critique so it seems I've degressed, but I'll admit to hearing a talented melody from these pipes. This release is very much in tune with a cross breeding of Technotronic and acoustic flaundering. Sanchez may surprise you, but you should NEVER expect anything less from an artist.
"Who Watches The Watchmen" is certainly the spotlight track here. Upbeat and a well produced board of digital knot tying make for a five star rating. "Run, Gunner Recall, Run! The Town Wants You Dead", while I agree is going too far for a song title, let's you move past that trend abused by many artists. With drums, consider this is a radio tosser tune. It's really the lack of percussion that helps create the vibe on this disc, yet weakens it, all at the same time.
Most of all.... please, if you're expecting Coheed And Cambria, walk away very quickly. This project is no less off the ranks of the recently departed Coheed member's, Josh Eppard's Weerd Science All burned by that should turn the other way... However...should you find any of the artists listed in the Try If You Like section just off to the top right hand side, by all means, invest in the pixie dust of My Brother's Blood Machine
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Log In or Register to Rate Albumson 2008-05-10 Neesh Said:
This record holds a lot of potential, but as it turns out the strongest non obviously single songs ("Run, Gunner Recall, Run! The Town Wants You Dead!" and "Wayne Andrews, The Old Beekeeper") feature Travis Stever. Claudio Sanchez is a songwriter, however many songs on this record feel like they're missing a piece of the puzzle. If my buddy wasn't obsessed with listening to it, I wouldn't have gotten into it. The more I heard it the more I found things to enjoy. I'm not too fond of changing the badass title of "I'm Going To Kill You" to the flowery "The Missing McCloud Boys." This record holds a lot of good ideas and potential, but it certainly isn't a masterpiece.
Rating: 8/10
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on 2007-01-25 dscanland Said:
After Brian's recommendation I decided to check My Brother's Blood Machine out. I had no idea what to think as Coheed and Cambria has always been a hit and miss affair with me. I actually quite enjoyed it. It's a weird album, but I wasn't expecting the ordinary. A song like "Who Watches The Watchmen" holds a lot of surprises. The acoustic guitar parts in some of the songs struck me as very impressive (see "The Fight of Moses..."). Most songs seem to have a electro beat backing them but the vocals really stand out to be something special. They loose a point for the "bonus track" trick though. That's so 1990s.
Rating: 8/10
