| Singer, Liam / Empty Heart of the Chamele, th |
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| Album: | Empty Heart of the Chamele, th | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Singer, Liam | Added: | Mar 2005 | |
| Label: | Tell-All Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-05-15 | Pull Date: | 2005-07-17 |
| Week Ending: | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | May 29 | May 22 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 21, 2006: | What's in the Ice Box? Father I See | 4. | May 23, 2005: | The Panoply One Day | |
| 2. | Jul 15, 2005: | Distraction-Limited One Day | 5. | May 17, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder Elegie | |
| 3. | Jul 07, 2005: | SubbingForBaptism Water Rushing at You | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Peter Reviewed 2005-05-11 | ||
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Liam Singer – The Empty Heart of the Chameleon – Tell-All Records Reviewed by Peter 5-02-2005 Pretty, light acoustic piano and airy vocals comprise the majority of this album. Piano is very pretty throughout, slightly experimental at times. Album reminded me of Nick Drake-style, sad, simple music, especially on vocal tracks. Lyrics are simple and straightforward. Instrumental tracks are solid, especially 3 and 7. For vocal tracks 10 and 4 are best. FCC Clean 1. 1:11 – Short, dark piano piece with background rumble. 2. 1:18 – Short, sparse piano and male vox. Mid-tempo but very down-beat. 3. * 1:52 – Fast, pretty solo piano piece with an energetic crescendo at the end. Beginning Moby feel turns more classical by end. 4. * 2:35 – Mid-tempo piano and male vox. Nick Drake sound – dark piano, but airier vox. 5. 2:16 – Mid-tempo, piano is not so dark – more upbeat (relative to other tracks) with twinges of sadness and haunting ghost-sound in background (sounds like a musical saw). 6. 2:17 – Down-tempo, piano and theatrical, operatic female vox. Silence for a second or two before last :25 (then resumes w/ faltering vox). 7. * 2:07 - Another pretty piano solo. Down-tempo, melancholy and nicely-done. 8. 3:42 – Very slow, down-tempo piano and high, airy male vox. Simple, folky lyrics. 9. 2:36 – Piano with ethereal, warbling effects in background. Piano part is more experimental than other tracks. 10. * 4:18 - Mid-tempo, more upbeat than other tracks. Piano and male vox. Might be best vocal track and it’s certainly the most substantial. Vox are same airy indie/folk vocals as throughout. Piano reminded me of early, melodic Tom Waits at times. Solid. 11. 0:53 – Mid-tempo, pretty piano with wordless, haunting male/female vox overlaid. 12. 0:59 – Like first track – sparse, low, dark piano. Sinister and experimental. | ||
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