Fairy Bones
Meresha
&EMALE FRONTED BAND &AIRY "ONES FUSES THE RAW EDGES OF PUNK ROCK WITH AN EQUAL DOSE OF ELECTRONIC PUNCH RESULTING IN A SOUND THAT S influenced by classic post-punk era artists SUCH AS ,ENA ,OVICH .INA (AGEN "AUHAUS AND EVEN 0* (ARVEY 3INGER #HELSEA LEADS THE CHARGE WITH HER POWERFUL PIPES WORKING THE LIMITS OF HER UNSCHOOLED VOICE TO KEEP THE LISTENER ENGAGED 7E ONLY WISH THE MATERIAL INCLUDING h9OU AND 9OU !GAINv AND h.OTES FROM 7ONDERLAND v WERE STRONGER )NSTEAD THEY RE HEAVY PLODDING AND DISSONANT AND THEY DELIVER A LEVEL OF DARKNESS AND GLOOM THAT EVEN A SINGER WITH #HELSEA S PIERCING EMOTIONAL RANGE GREAT SCREAMER CAN T QUITE RISE ABOVE 4HERE MIGHT BE SECTIONS HOWEVER THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR lLM 46 PLACEMENT
3OLO ARTIST -ERESHA S SONIC VISION RELIES HEAVILY ON PRODUCTION AND EFFECTS AND IN ITS MOODY THROBBING GLORY IS WELL SUITED TO %$- FESTIVAL SITUATIONS 4HIS YOUNG PERFORMER S VOICE HAS A MATURE RESONANCE AND IS BATHED IN GORGEOUS ALLURING ECHO ON h-Y ,OVE (AS #OME v 5LTIMATELY THOUGH THE SONG S HOOK CHORUS IS UNDERWHELMING h.EW 2EVOLUTIONv IS A DANCEY FASHION RUNWAY TUNE THAT STRUTS CONlDENTLY THROUGH WHAT SEEMS TO BE A MANIFESTO OF SOME SORT BUT ALAS DESPITE SINGING WITH POWER AND URGENCY THE ARTIST S MESSAGE REMAINS MURKY 4HE LOVE SONG h9OUv IS ANOTHER CASE IN WHICH THE PRODUCTION NOT THE SINGER IS THE STAR 7E FEEL A LESS &8 D APPROACH TO ARRANGING AND PRODUCING IS WHAT S BEST FOR THIS DEVELOPING ARTIST
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#ONTACT TEAM MERESHA COM 7EB MERESHA COM 3EEKING 0UBLICITY ,ICENSING 3TYLE Eclecto-Pop
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Channel Dark
Shondikes
4HERE S A DYNAMIC CINEMATIC DIMENSION TO THIS ARTIST S WORK THAT SUGGESTS HE COULD MAKE A GO OF COMPOSING THEMES FOR lLM AND 46 -USICALLY THE TRACKS HAVE PLENTY OF INTRIGUING ELEMENTS PERHAPS TOO MANY AND ARE MINDFUL of dramatic tension and sudden impact. If ONLY HE COULD JETTISON HIS LEAD VOCALS WHICH TEND TO DRAG THINGS DOWN A NOTCH &OR DESPITE THE GALLOPING EDGINESS OF h!NOESIS v THE BOLD VINTAGE SYNTH SOUNDS OF h3IDEv AND POUNDING ELECTRO EXPLOSIVENESS OF h2UNv WHOSE LYRICS AND AMPED UP CHASE PACE ARE IDEAL FOR A lLM SEQUENCE THE ARTIST S ECCENTRIC VOCALS BECOME A DISTRACTION 7E SUGGEST HE ENLIST GUEST singers to carry out any vocal necessities. /THERWISE TAKE A SIMPLER APPROACH AND LET YOUR MUSIC DO THE TALKING
-ICK -ODELL MASTERMINDS THIS INSPIRED MASHUP OF TIME HONORED TIME WARP ROCK STYLINGS CREATING A WHIRLWIND OF SONIC CONFETTI THAT SUGGESTS THERE S A PARTY RAGING NEXT DOOR h'REASY 3EX $ISCOv CHANNELS CLASSIC GLAM PUNK "OWIE )GGY AND ADDS A HORN SECTION FOR GOOD MEASURE 4HE CATCHY EFFERVESCENT h2OCK @N 2OLL 3EX @N 3OULv CRIBS FROM -OTT THE (OOPLE RIGHT DOWN TO THE ROLLICKING PIANO h#ATCH -E +ISS -Ev VEERS INTO @ S PSYCH POP WITH ITS FEMALE SINGERS hLAH LAH LAH LAHS v 4HESE RECORDINGS ARE ALL MESSY SLEAZY FUN BUT WOULD BE A HELLUVA LOT BETTER IF THE vocals were not so consistently swamped by THE MUSIC 0ERHAPS A SAVVY MIX ENGINEER CAN HELP TAKE THESE TUNES AND -ODELL S VOCALS TO THE NEXT LEVEL
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Ensilenced
Lauren Flaherty
,OUISIANA S %NSILENCED ARE A STURDY NO NONSENSE FOURSOME WHO HAVE LEARNED WELL FROM THE MASTERS NAMELY -ETALLICA -ACHINEHEAD 7ITH GROWLING VOCALS AND CHUGGING RIFFS THE TOO LONG h#URSEv AND h"REAK -E $OWNv ARE PRETTY STANDARD FAIRLY HOOKY METAL 4HE STANDOUT IS h&RIEND OF .O /NEv WITH ITS INFECtious swagger and an interesting arrangement THAT IS MORE INTRICATE AND COMPLEX THAN THE OTHER SONGS 4HAT SAID %NSILENCED HAVE A WAYS TO GO /N RECORD THIS BAND FEELS LIKE THEY DON T ACTUALLY HAVE A BASSIST OR DRUMMER AND JUST THROW ON A QUICK PROGRAM TO hlLL THE VOID v !N IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF A METAL BAND IS A DRUMMER WHO CAN BRING THE ENERGY ,ARS WASN T THE BEST DRUMMER BUT HE ALWAYS MADE HIS PRESENSE KNOWN 4HESE TRACKS JUST HAVE FAR TOO SIMPLE AND REPETITIVE DRUM LICKS
4HERE S NO DENYING THE PASSION AND COMMITMENT EXUDED BY SINGER SONGWRITER ,AUREN &LAHERTY !T THE SAME TIME IT IS JUST AS CLEAR THAT MUCH MORE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE NEEDED IN BOTH SONGCRAFT AND PERFORMANCE CHOPS IF SHE IS TO GARNER AN AUDIENCE FOR HER MUSIC &OR ANY RECORDING ARTIST IT ALL STARTS WITH THE VOICE AND &LAHERTY S IS AN INSTRUMENT THAT WOULD BENElT FROM COACHINGˆPROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION THAT WOULD GIVE HER A lRM STRONG RESONANCE %ACH ONE OF HER SONGS h#RAZY "EAUTIFUL ,OVE v h-Y /WN 7AYv AND h-E 7ITHOUT 9OU v WHILE FULL OF EARNEST INTENT IS HANDICAPPED BY THIN OVERLY SIMPLISTIC HOOKS 0ERHAPS &LAHERTY WOULD DO WELL TO SEEK OUT A COLLABORATOR SOMEONE WITH A KNACK FOR INTERESTING MELODIES THAT WOULD DOVETAIL WITH HER LYRICS
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