Advantages: cool vocals, decent sound... Disadvantages: ...thats played to over kill, a lack of anything different, too one track minded.
...mean random) sent me a Saosin track (no idea what it was) and told me to listen. Despite not being a huge fan the bands name have been etched into my head for all them years ano then magically I foud their eponymous album for sale at Fat Bobs in a 3 for £10 deal (got 2 Goldfinger albums with this disk).
So who are Saosin?
I wish the American guy had told me, rather than sending me a so-so track and telling me they were awesome. Turns out the band ... ...years does seem about right tbh), and are a five piece consisting of vocalist Cove Reber, guitarists Beau Burchell and Justin Shekoski, bassist Chris Sorenson and drummer Alex Rodriguez. However the original vocalist was Anthony Green who was with the band until he quit in 2004 to form Circa Survive with Cove taking over the role after sending in an audition tape of him singing "Mookie's Last Christmas", which sounded incredibly like Greens original ...
iamasadlittleboy 14.06.2009
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Advantages: Good listen, catchy tracks Disadvantages: Some songs may start to sound the same at first
"Saosin" is self-titled album from, you guess it, the alternative/emo band Saosin. They have had a few previous albums, but before this CD to my knowledge I don’t remember them being as well known, but this release certainly changes that.
So the opening track "It’s far better to learn” begins with a gradual build-up, which does leave you hanging, until the drums enter the track, followed by the catchy guitar riff, which eventually lead into a perfect ... ...this track have been arranged, and adds a great effect to the song. This then leads into the second song on the album "Sleepers”. Now this song is just right being placed second on the album. The ending of the first track slowly and quietly carries on with a guitar playing which then leads into the second track which does sound amazing. This song has fast, pounding drums which fit the song perfectly, as well as the guitar arrangement which seem to ...
joe--yer 30.05.2007
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