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Bridgeshadows - Pray For Rain,
Independent/Youngside Records
| Bridgeshadows is a poor name for another female fronted band. The group
is a three piece consisting of singer Bethany Jones, former Wedding Party keyboardist KL
who also does guitars and programming, and Jonathan Stamets (vocals, guitar, programming)
who is also part of Coriolis. Gothic metal, rock, dance and electronic elements form a
convincing combination. The opening track Feedback is a good example of the bands power.
Take the chorus with its huge guitar sound and the harmonic vocals: light female vocals
and powerful male vocals. At a certain point you can even hear three layers of different
vocal melody lines. Electronic sounds enhance the song. A perfect opener for the album.
Water Runs Deep has a bit of Type O Negative and Kohllapse feel, yet with thick keyboard
layers. It's a pity this band doesn't have a drummer. The drum programming doesn't appeal
to me in this song. In other songs a more realistic drum sound is used. Nonetheless, this
is a great song because of the use of double vocals. With the title track Bridgeshadows
builds a metal song on top of a dance track at 135 pbm. The album also has weaker moments,
like Rose, the ballad, which is not a bad tune at first, but becomes annoying after a
while. Too monotonous. Bridgeshadows makes it up with the final song, Dust To Dust, with
dark vocals in the verses, a wall of sound and a strong chorus. Overall the album is good
and very likeable. I would prefer a better band name though. Listen to Bridgeshadows on myspace.com |
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