Essa é uma das bandas que
conheci aleatoriamente pela internet. Vagando de blog em blog, sempre via
referências ou influências sonoras da Sad
Lovers & Giants nas postagens. Até que um dia, vi na barra de vídeos
similares do YouTube a tal banda que eu via vez ou outra pelos becos obscuros
da net e, assim, conheci Imagination
e Things We Never Did. Lembro de ter
pensado “porra, mas que guitarrinha massa” ou algo do tipo e que o solo do
saxofone ficou gravado na mente por um tempo, e fui atrás do disco que tinha
aquela música. Busquei então pela imagem de um “homem gritando” que me vinha a
mente quando lembrava da banda (a capa do best of E-mail From Eternity) e então achei o Feeding The Flame.
Devo dizer que me
impressionei, de fato, com a sonoridade da banda. Em especial com as guitarras,
os harpejos destoantes que ecoam durante todas as canções (não quero aqui
desmerecer os demais instrumentos mas a guitarra é algo que chama atenção :] ).
Destaco aqui algumas canções como Cowboys,
Big Tracks Little Tracks e Man of Straw (que está neste disco em
sua versão do single 12’’) além da já citada Imagination; ambas com destaque para os riffs psicodélicos de
guitarra. Algumas canções tem uma peculiaridade a mais com os teclados, como Vendetta, que possui um longo (e
harmonioso) solo de teclas que faz sua mente viajar para lugares bem distantes.
Close To The Sea é outra canção de
melodia harmoniosa, que transmite uma calma a quem a ouve; a guitarra aqui mais uma vez se destaca de forma grandiosa... é uma das canções extras nesta versão do
álbum mas que poderia facilmente está também na original de '83 (a sua primeira aparição foi no 12" de Man Of Straw). 3 Lines foi gravada ao vivo em ’83 (obrigado Discogs!) e segue a
mesma linha das canções do LP original. No geral, o que mais me chamou atenção
aqui é a maneira como a guitarra soa junto a esse “post-punk wave”. Sem mais,
apreciem mais este som.
Sad Lovers & Giants:
Simon "Garce" Allard (vocais)
Tristan Garel-Funk (guitarras, percussões, backing vocal)
Cliff Silver (baixo e teclados)
David Wood (teclados e saxofone)
Nigel Pollard (bateria e percussões)
Sad Lovers & Giants - Feeding The Flame CD (1988)
01 - Imagination
02 - Cow Boys
03 - 3 Lines
04 - Big Tracks Little Tracks
05 - On Another Day
06 - Sleep (Is For Everyone)
07 - Vendetta
08 - Man Of Straw
09 - Close To The Sea
10 - Strange Orchard
11 - Burning Beaches
12 - Your Skin And Mine
13 - In Flux
>>> This is one of the bands that I have met randomly in the internet. Wandering from blog to blog, I always saw some posts about the sound references and influences of other bands based in Sad Lovers & Giants. So one day, I saw in the YouTube similar videos the band that I saw sometime in the obscure alleys from the internet and so, I met Imagination and Things We Never Did. I remember thinking “omg, what na amazing guitar” or something and the sax solo that stayed in my mind for a while, and I’ll search for the Imagination’s album. I searched for an image of a “man screaming” that came’s to my mind when I think about the band (the front of the best of E-mail From Eternity) and I found the Feeding The Flame.
I shoud tell you that I was really impressed with the band’s sound. The guitars in particular, the great arpeggios that echo throughout the songs (I don’t want to belittle the other instruments but the guitar is something that really hold you attention :] ). I point out here Cowboys, Big Tracks Little Tracks and Man of Straw (include in this album in the 12” single version) in addition to the aforementioned Imagination; both with featuring the guitar riffs. Some songs have a peculiarity with the keyboards, like Vendetta that have a long (and harmonious) keyboard solo that drives your mind to far places. Close To The Sea is one of the extra songs of this album (but could perfectly fits to the original 83's version) taken from the 12" Man Of Straw, harmonious and definitely a song that provides a calm to who's listen to; point out to the guitars 3 Lines was recorded live in ’83 (thanks to Discogs!) and takes the same sound of the original LP. What call me so much attention was the way that the guitar sound in this “post-punk wave”. Just enjoy this sound.
Simon "Garce" Allard (vocais)
Tristan Garel-Funk (guitarras, percussões, backing vocal)
Cliff Silver (baixo e teclados)
David Wood (teclados e saxofone)
Nigel Pollard (bateria e percussões)
Sad Lovers & Giants - Feeding The Flame CD (1988)
01 - Imagination
02 - Cow Boys
03 - 3 Lines
04 - Big Tracks Little Tracks
05 - On Another Day
06 - Sleep (Is For Everyone)
07 - Vendetta
08 - Man Of Straw
09 - Close To The Sea
10 - Strange Orchard
11 - Burning Beaches
12 - Your Skin And Mine
13 - In Flux
>>> This is one of the bands that I have met randomly in the internet. Wandering from blog to blog, I always saw some posts about the sound references and influences of other bands based in Sad Lovers & Giants. So one day, I saw in the YouTube similar videos the band that I saw sometime in the obscure alleys from the internet and so, I met Imagination and Things We Never Did. I remember thinking “omg, what na amazing guitar” or something and the sax solo that stayed in my mind for a while, and I’ll search for the Imagination’s album. I searched for an image of a “man screaming” that came’s to my mind when I think about the band (the front of the best of E-mail From Eternity) and I found the Feeding The Flame.
I shoud tell you that I was really impressed with the band’s sound. The guitars in particular, the great arpeggios that echo throughout the songs (I don’t want to belittle the other instruments but the guitar is something that really hold you attention :] ). I point out here Cowboys, Big Tracks Little Tracks and Man of Straw (include in this album in the 12” single version) in addition to the aforementioned Imagination; both with featuring the guitar riffs. Some songs have a peculiarity with the keyboards, like Vendetta that have a long (and harmonious) keyboard solo that drives your mind to far places. Close To The Sea is one of the extra songs of this album (but could perfectly fits to the original 83's version) taken from the 12" Man Of Straw, harmonious and definitely a song that provides a calm to who's listen to; point out to the guitars 3 Lines was recorded live in ’83 (thanks to Discogs!) and takes the same sound of the original LP. What call me so much attention was the way that the guitar sound in this “post-punk wave”. Just enjoy this sound.
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