An End

I am putting this blog on a type of hiatus. I'll get back to it one day, but I feel like it is tearing my attention from my other creative sources. I'll keep my other two blogs going and I'll keep this one up for a while, I just will not add to it. Thank you for the three years of attention.
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Thank You again
Jay

Mind = Blown

Well, this is all kinds of awkward. I find myself without a topic surrounding entertainment. I have heard a few new albums, and I have checked out a couple of shows since I last updated.

I have been completely wrapped up in school prospects, essays for bursary, and planning for the inevitable future. The path is VERY daunting right now, and full of goo. Mission Goo.

My friend Stephen showed me two bands that blew me apart. Stolas and Hail The Sun are two of the most complicated and exacting bands I have ever heard. Think The Dillinger Escape Plan mixed with modern emo. They are truly bizarre and amazing. I find it kind of nice to find a band that does not use screaming and growling as a crutch, but remaining incredibly complicated. It is also a nice departure from the pop and instrumental place I have been in for a very long time.

Hail The Sun is in the same vein as the Mars Volta or something with those ideas. The vocals are very clean and very on point. Very Anthony Green, but without copying to closely. Actually, The Sounds Of Animals Fighting is a very apt comparison. It is like a hit to the face, yet still very beautiful. The guitar lines are some of the most complicated things I have ever heard, and they have a drummer that I can gush over with every strike of a skin. Unfortunately, I can only write about what I hear. There is no information about them on my usual research site.

Stolas is another Mars Volta inspired group that makes complicated sound absolutely beautiful. A little closer, but not as punk, as At The Drive In. They have very interesting progressions and writing techniques. The standard writing block is left on the side of the road and it is bleeding to death. The album Allomaternal opens with a beautiful finger picking bit. Again, the drums. THE DRUMS. They still have a bit of classic rock mentality: they tend to use jazz-esque solos and interludes that you can almost expect from something a little more contemporary. That is far from a bad thing, however. The website I usually use has failed me. AGAIN. So, I'll just go off what I can hear.
Song three definitely has an almost Nothingface feel. The main difference is that I'm not cringing over bad lyrical decisions.

So, that is an update. I will try to write something more substantial and maybe look for something new for the next update.

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