This is the strummy, sunny, swaying head harmony stuff that’s so impressive at free, bandshell concerts… but a little droopier when you get it home on CD.
Soundtrack to a movie about what it takes for bands to “make it” in the L.A. music scene, so it’s not surprising that this CD is good, diverse, and listenable.
Five bands, three songs apiece, total running time 40 minutes, all recorded at The Blasting Room in CO with full-lengths either out or on the way from O&O.
Part black metal, part Goth rock/metal, all excitingly scary and sexy. For anyone into darkwave, Goth, or whatever else they’re calling it, ya gotta get this.
Ebbot Lundberg of Soundtrack of Our Lives flew in and recorded ’60s psychedelic revivalists The Loons, then went back to Sweden and added instrumental overdubs.
Imagine if Natalie Merchant sounded as furious as Alanis Morisette, joined forces with a full-on rock band with metal roots, and started singing in Italian.