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ENTERTAINMENT
Aces Make Volcanic Debut By DARIANA GARCIA
The Aces is an indie rock band from Utah, that consists of vocalist Cristal Ramirez, drummer Alisa Ramirez, lead guitarist Katie Henderson, and bassist McKenna Petty. Recently, they released their debut album “When My Heart Felt Volcanic,” filled with perfect pop hits and creative lyrics. Listening to it feels like a rollercoaster from start to finish. The first song off the album is “Volcanic Love” and it has a whimsical 80’s sound that got stuck in my head immediately. My other two favorite songs are off the album are “Stuck” and “Stay”. “Stuck” is about feeling stuck in a situation with no way out, however the fast tempo and quick guitar riff, along with the catchy chorus, “I’m stuck… with nowhere to go it cuts, babe, ‘cause we’re just taking it slow, it’s overdue, make your move stuck with nowhere to go” make it a total hit, while “Stay” is an energetic, bubbly song with strong bass and synths. The chorus adds to it, “So don’t let it go, speed it up or go
fast paced. They are the end of the roller-coaster when you walk away. “Hurricane” is a ballad, in which we only hear Ramirez’s vocals, piano, and strings. The song compares the evolution of a relationship turning bad, to it being a hurricane. “Waiting For You” is a more chill track with a slower tempo and repetitive lyrics, “I think you know what I want, I think you know, I’m waiting for you” the song is a perfect album closer. “Colors” · A&E Editor Janelis Duran and Staff Photographer Dariana Garcia I recommend you slow, ‘cause I already know you’ll be sound along with Ramirez’s vocals. listen to “When My Heart Felt Volbreakin’ my heart if you don’t stay.” “Last One” has a 1975 instrumental canic,” I know for sure that it has a The album reminds me of Haim’s sound, but with lyrics that contrast spot in my top 5 favorite albums. It’s debut album, “Days Are Gone” since the album opener, “Volcanic Love.” fast guitar, strong bass, quick tempo, they both have a summer sound The last two songs, “Hurricane” synths, and modern catchy lyrics and are driven by the guitar and and “Waiting For You” are different are worth a listen. I give “When My bass. However, The Aces put their from the rest of the songs since they Heart Felt Volcanic” a 5 out of 5 stars. own twist by incorporating an 80’s are slower while the others are more
WHAT’S UP WITH MARVEL’S INFINITY WAR? By JANELIS DURAN Infinity War is about the big bad Thanos as we follow his journey and try to understand his motives. Throughout the movie, we watch as Thanos does everything in his power to accumulate all six infinity stones. In a desperate attempt to stop the black order and Thanos, the world’s mightiest heroes join forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy, Wakanda, and Doctor Strange. As we all know, our heroes did not succeed and Thanos did, in fact, get all infinity gems. With this came a lot of turmoil and death. Opening up by counting Thor Ragnarok where Thanos receives the space gem from the tesseract. After threatening to kill Thor, Loki hands it over to him. Then tries to kill him as a desperate attempt to end this monster before he gets too powerful. This scene not only sets the tone for the rest of the movie but is also a fitting ending to the god of mischief. After this we jump on board the black order’s ship as they set course for Earth looking for the time and mind stone. They eventually do not obtain it for Thanos himself later comes in and the gets the stones. But before the battle of Wakanda and the one of titan,
we find ourselves on the collector’s ship were Thanos obtains the reality stone. This is where the movie’s mood changes, in my opinion, because we start to see the world through Thanos’ eyes and we see that he does have something or preferably someone who means a lot to him. On the ship he fights Gamora, which was choreographed in such a way that it didn’t even seem like they were fighting but rather a father playing with his daughter. This is important from a narrative point of view because this lets the viewer know that Thanos is reluctive from harming Gamora and it also shows that the real protagonist of the story is, in fact, Thanos and not our heroes. However, Thanos does end up killing Gamora to get the soul stone, but even with that, it doesn’t take away from his character. It causes him to have more of a reason to carry out his plans and once he does it makes him question what he had done. Thanos isn’t a bad guy. He is a genuinely conflicted character. He can go from being sympathetic to fighting. Thano is a nihilist yet his arc in the movie contradicts his ideals. He is egoistic in believing life doesn’t have a purpose, yet his life does. For his purpose is to liberate the universe from
the cancer that is itself. However once he does the infamous snap and kills half the universe, Thanos starts to rethink what he had done by asking himself through a younger Gamora what was the cost of his actions, to which he replays every-
thing. I believe that in this moment something snaps in Thanos’ head. He begins to see that maybe life does in fact have purpose. This contradiction of ideals is what Thanos is left with by the end of the movie.
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