On this page I will try to do a review of a song that I like once a week. I will try to explain what I like and I'll try to give some information about the song!
Do you ever find a song, and then you think. What if I had never found this song... I am so happy that I found this song. Idk why but it gives me this "Summer adventure cool indie loner kid in his rural hometown" vibe... I dont know how to explain, but it wants me make to experience it. I have this vission in my head when the song plays but I cant quite put it into words.
The songs repeating melodic chords mixed with the plucks in between really work well together, and the lyrics that split into 2 pieces of the words are just wonderfull. The lyrics is simple but heart felt, wich makes is kinda special!! Also the cover art is really cool!!! This song is just a one in a million for me, I really really like this one!!!
Favorite part of the lyrics
"Goth kid, that hurt
Melted, since birth
Calm down my son
I love no one"
This song does such a fucking good job at expressing emotions. The calm sad parts in between of the distorted, heavy, and screeching guitar part paired with the switch in vocal styles. It really gives you that feeling of: "FUCK EVERYONE, AND FUCK MYSELF". Idk how else to put it.
Favorite part of the lyrics
"I know I haven't been so pure
But i'll live on
Nineteen years and i've never felt ok
Familiarity doesn't work
So I'll go and I'll go and I'll never stop
And I'm so tired"
Idk, I just love this whole EP. This song is my favorite tho. The spoken words/poem at the start and then the buildup of the drums leading into a beautifull guitar riff is just something I personaly really like. Not to forget the open hats that always jump out between the guitar and vocals! I wish that I would know more Screamo bands that really make use of emotional chords...
Also the album cover is pretty!
Favorite part of the lyrics
"Can you feel my beating heart?
Buried beneath the backyard,
the place we used to live.
Where we stood on our own.
We were rooted in this home.
Where we exhaled our last breath,
and watched the summer fade to blackness"
I recently remembered that his album existed, and damn. I just get so much nostalgia from listening to it, this is the first album of the genre Midwest emo that I ever listened!
I think this album really does a good job of bringing a midwest vibe to the listener, also it is kind of a soothing/chill album. With the twinkling guitar that is not too heavy, and the soft vocal with sometimes a bit of a increase in volume really just adds to the vibe as a whole. The same goes for the bouncy and rhytmic drums! The use of different type of snares and percusion makes this kind of unique for me. Also love the part at 1:40! Love the bass guitar and the synth (if im correct!)
Favorite part of the lyrics
"I've been thinking what you said is true
Our lives are reds and greens and shades of blue
Our colored pasts reveal what is true
Nothing that i said to you paints a pretty portrait of us two
We're different shades of blue"
I dont know what it is about this song but the lyrcis just really stick in my head, for some reason they made it sad and at the same time catchy. I dont really have the time to go into detail about the song because as of now, im writing this in class.
But one of the main elements that I like is that the guitar kind of carries the deperation through out the song, and it builds up. the tone of the guitar becomes increasingly shrill. And that lead just perfectly fits with the riff. I also like the bands name, "Feed Me to the Forest". I like the unique sound of that name!
Favorite part of the lyrics
"Yesterday
I walked past your grave
I saw your mom sitting there praying
She could take away your pain
"But your better now"
That’s what she cried
Good for her I’ll blame myself until the day that I die"
This song features a sample of the movie 'Hannah and Her sisters'. In the sample the movie character Mickey Sachs talks about his reflection on life and about his failed suicide attempt. The sample is pretty deep and kind of inspiring in some ways. This sample and the heavy, raw and sad guitar paired with a gliding lead really adds to the dramatic effect of this song. It is kind of calming and soothing in some way for me, instead of lyrics its just someone talking over a guitar.
Favorite part of the lyrics
"I should stop ruining my life, searching for answers I'm never gonna get, and just enjoy it while it lasts."
Of this band I only think one album is actually really good, and that is "The Ghost that I fear." This album is really nice and I personaly think that this song is the best. I really like the female vocalist, the way she sings is really unique. she can go from this soft whisper voice to this desperate, almost screaming vocal style! It really makes this Album and band stand out for me. Her hoarse vocals remind me of this girl, who I had my first and most recent relationship with when I was like 8 lol. Their voice is like almost the same, if I can remember correctly lol.
In some parts there also is a brighter male vocalist doing some background vocals wich adds a feeling of chaos. I also like the long-winded and heavy, longing vibe the guitar gives in some parts, idk how to explain. Cover is also great, so simple yet very nice.
Favorite part of the lyrics
"We're laughing but we're not breathing.
We're crying yet feeling nothing but
The dead air of an otherwise
Non-existent summer."
I only found out about this band like a few days ago but I really enjoy their music, its just your avarage 2010's Screamo friend group band. (wich I really like, I dont know why but bands from the early 2000's and 2010's are overall really good in my opinion). But they have this feeling to their music wich makes it kinda special, Something wich I cannot really explain lol.
This song is one of my favorites from them, I really, like REALLY like the bass guitar in this song. Especialy after 2:04. Its really catchy and bouncy for some reason, it really does a good job at fusing the song together. The bass guitar is also not kept in the background wich is so fucking nice, most artist/bands really seem to push out the bass while mixing and mastering lol.
The vocals are also really nice, they do a good job at representing the feeling and overall vibe off the lyrics. You can kinda hear desperation and anger in the vocals wich matches the energy of the lyrics itself!
Favorite part of the lyrics
"A journal entry is all that remained,
You forged it out of receipt transmissions."
This song is one of my all-time favorites, I started listening to this song right after its release. I was on a vacation in Norway when I first started listening. So this song brings back alot of memories from that period, it reminds me of the mountains, the pinewood forests and the overall mysterious vibe of Norway...
I love the saw/reese bass, the little bells, the hard but bouncy drum pattern, the reversed flute, the raw leads that just cut through the song and the eerie/grimy vocals with horror like lyrics. Im sure the lyrics have A deeper meaning because they're just so beautifully formulated, it really adds to the song...
The instruments used to make this song are really unique. I like the mix of the flutes, the bells and the eletronic and synthlike sounds. Also the lyrics and vocals are doing a great job of being some what poetic and mysterious at the same time. It combines many things and I think it turned out great!
Favorite part of the lyrics
"Lacerated ligaments, a body made of porcelain.
Glass bones shattered, one of God's frail instruments."
