Beast, the

General | Jun 2005

Reviews

Michael Shapira
Reviewed 2005-10-26
Progressive/retro mostly bright, but sometimes moody, pop, a la the early Genesis or Gong. Lead male singer that sounds a lot like early Phil Collins, maribmba, harmonica and light touches of electronica. Imaginative melodies, harmonies and orchestration. Great stuff. All songs are good, try marked ones.
*1. Complex rhythms, nice harmonies, soft male voices.
2. Instrumental. Melodica, marimba, and stuff. Complex rhythms.
3. Opens with a pastoral acoustic guitar and some electronics at the background. Turns into something a bit more moody with a guitar and male voice. Very reminiscent of early Genesis.
*4. Opens with a twirling electric guitar. Female and male voices nicely harmonized. Becomes a bit darker later.
*5. Instrumental. Opens with a guitar, whistle and harmonica. Nice progression of melody (augmented/diminished scales, I think).
6. Opens moody and floating. A jazzy piano and male lead singer join later.
*7. A dominant bass backbone. Guitar, keyboards, computer and lead singer.
*8. Fast and rhythmically changing drums, piano and lead singer. quirkier.
9. Instrumental. Opens with a very slow, pastoral acoustic guitar. Harmonica and some horns join later.
10. Opens with a similar tempo to the previous track. Acoustic guitar and female singer join later. Picks up a bit but stays pastoral. Become richer with vocals and tempo toward the end.

Recent airplay

Simple Animal
What's in the Ice Box?Nov 07, 2006
A to B
What's in the Ice Box?Oct 24, 2006
Simple Animal
Radio Of ImaginationJun 20, 2006
A to B
Flow SubMay 22, 2006
A to B
Neurotic TonicJan 08, 2006
The Beast

Charting

2005-11-06 — 2006-01-08
Week EndingAirplays
Dec 25 1
Dec 18 3
Dec 4 1
Nov 27 1
Nov 20 3

Track listing

1. Dust
2. Planet
3. The Beast
4. A to B
5. Ram
6. Status Dive
7. Suds
8. Simple Animal
9. Ekrasel
10. Cricket