FRNKIERO ANDTHE CELLABRATION
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GERARD WAY
Hesitant Alien
Stomachahes
Warner Bros. Records. (2014)
Hassle Records (2014)
Stomachaches is Frank Iero’s first album since his iconic former band, My Chemical Romance, broke up in March of 2013. Frnkiero andthe Cellabration is the name of his new project, it is not like anything My Chemical Romance or even Iero’s other band Leathermouth has released, there is a true sense of DIY ethic in it, to start Iero plays every instrument on the album except for drums, which were handled by ex-MCR drummer Jarrod Alexander. Stomachaches is exactly what the music scene needs: spontaneous and raw punk, where the lyrical content is both emotional and deep, where aggression meets poetry meets spoken word. Iero’s passionate and cathartic songwriting style is quite unique, especially when perfectly manages melodies with that classic punk angst. Frank Iero proves that he is more than an iconic rock figure and much more than just a rhythm guitarist, this is not fresh start for him, but a new chapter as a musician. Frank Iero gives punk his own state of mind, where happiness, frustration, sadness, mellow or romantic feelings are all part of the same story.
There is a reason why art is so damn random and vast, Hesitant Alien is a form of art, an uncompromised exercise where Gerard Way is the artist that makes us travel into his own influences, making “small things” sound so big! Hesitant Alien is a different kind of thing, not radio friendly at all, heavily centered on guitars and full of great songs, like lead single “Action Cat”, pop/rock at its finest, piano Britpop American esque inspired ballad “Brother” and the catchy Simon and Garfunkel vintage esque in “How It’s Going To Be” to name a few. Gerard Way found a new way of sound, in this cocktail of shoegaze with Britpop meets 70’s glam and even 80’s post-punk, where the songwriting was clearly inspired by his own heroes, such as David Bowie, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker and even Frank Black comes to our mind. Gerard Way stripped down his MCR costume, Hesitant Alien is a diverse, abstract, mature, distorted and well produced effort, and where the lack of clichés and trending concept albums is what make this so real, pure and cool as fuck...
FOR FANS OF:
FOR FANS OF:
My Chemical Romance, The Get Up Kids, Leathermouth
ESSENTIAL TRACKS:
The Smiths, Jesus And Mary Chain, Frank Black, David Bowie
ESSENTIAL TRACKS:
Action Cat, How It’s Going To Be, Brother, Zero Zero
All I Want Is Nothing, Blood Infections, Joyriding
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