Arks / International, The
| Album: | International, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Arks | Added: | Aug 2007 | |
| Label: | Highwheel Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2007-11-18 | Pull Date: | 2008-01-20 |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 13 | Jan 6 | Dec 16 | Nov 25 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 11, 2008: | Rorschach's Dance
Cars On Fire |
3. | Dec 13, 2007: | Living Souls
Safe And Sound |
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| 2. | Jan 02, 2008: | Eran Mukamel (sub)
Candor |
4. | Nov 19, 2007: | I <3 Life and Yr Callous Neglect/Refusal
Cars On Fire |
Album Review
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Reviewed 2007-11-13
Reviewed 2007-11-13
Arks - The International
Punkish indie rock w/ some darkness. Think Les Savy Fav, but less dynamic. Many songs have a dark-misty-forest feel -- erie and spacey. Sometimes vocalist will sing-talk or growl the lyrics to complement this. A more unfortunate trend in the music is a tendency to play the same note and sing the same lyric over and over -- tempting you with hooks every once in a while. I don't mind the note so much as the lyrics. It isn't bad music, some may even find the teasing with hooks rewarding, but the repetitive lyrics easily ruined 1 and 3 for me, which are pretty good songs otherwise and just gets old by the end of the CD. My fav songs were the ones in which the lyrics took a little bit of a back seat to the instruments. Songs w/o vocals aren’t too bad either (14, 7).
Picks: 5, 9, 14
1 - Pretty much one guitar note, one lyric "This is the International"... the chorus guitar is very catchy, but song still gets repetitive even at 1:37
2 - Flip between dark and light. Light sounds like 1. Dark adds a deep, prominent bass, vocals get deeper. This "dark" side will be heard in many songs on the CD.
3 - Nice hook, solid rumbling middle... but repeats "Cars on Fire" over and over and over
4 - Same formula, less repetitive lyrics though. Not bad, but not a standout.
5 - Dark. Vocals take a back seat for the most part, sort of growling the lyrics.
6 - didn't notice... ain't bad... just ain't good either
7 - No vocals. Instrumentation really flows back and forth like a tide.
8 - That deep bass from 2 is going again.
9 - Intro has an alien feel. Louder, more distortion, unorthodox sounds then other songs. Repetition of song title "Silver" really works here.
10 - Not very much darkness here. More straight punky. Not bad.
11 - More of the same. Repetitive guitar. Sing-talk/growling vocals.
12 - The opening has a bit of a Rage against the Machine to it. Repetitive.
13 - A bit faster beat on this one. Another less dark, more punky song.
14 – No vocals. The repetition feels sort of triumphant in this song – like perseverance.
-Kyle Macomber
Punkish indie rock w/ some darkness. Think Les Savy Fav, but less dynamic. Many songs have a dark-misty-forest feel -- erie and spacey. Sometimes vocalist will sing-talk or growl the lyrics to complement this. A more unfortunate trend in the music is a tendency to play the same note and sing the same lyric over and over -- tempting you with hooks every once in a while. I don't mind the note so much as the lyrics. It isn't bad music, some may even find the teasing with hooks rewarding, but the repetitive lyrics easily ruined 1 and 3 for me, which are pretty good songs otherwise and just gets old by the end of the CD. My fav songs were the ones in which the lyrics took a little bit of a back seat to the instruments. Songs w/o vocals aren’t too bad either (14, 7).
Picks: 5, 9, 14
1 - Pretty much one guitar note, one lyric "This is the International"... the chorus guitar is very catchy, but song still gets repetitive even at 1:37
2 - Flip between dark and light. Light sounds like 1. Dark adds a deep, prominent bass, vocals get deeper. This "dark" side will be heard in many songs on the CD.
3 - Nice hook, solid rumbling middle... but repeats "Cars on Fire" over and over and over
4 - Same formula, less repetitive lyrics though. Not bad, but not a standout.
5 - Dark. Vocals take a back seat for the most part, sort of growling the lyrics.
6 - didn't notice... ain't bad... just ain't good either
7 - No vocals. Instrumentation really flows back and forth like a tide.
8 - That deep bass from 2 is going again.
9 - Intro has an alien feel. Louder, more distortion, unorthodox sounds then other songs. Repetition of song title "Silver" really works here.
10 - Not very much darkness here. More straight punky. Not bad.
11 - More of the same. Repetitive guitar. Sing-talk/growling vocals.
12 - The opening has a bit of a Rage against the Machine to it. Repetitive.
13 - A bit faster beat on this one. Another less dark, more punky song.
14 – No vocals. The repetition feels sort of triumphant in this song – like perseverance.
-Kyle Macomber
Track Listing
| 1. | The International | 8. | Maginot | |||
| 2. | Candor | 9. | Silver | |||
| 3. | Cars On Fire | 10. | Rot It Out | |||
| 4. | Maritime Snakes | 11. | The Spoils | |||
| 5. | Safe And Sound | 12. | Stator/Asymptate | |||
| 6. | The People's Monument | 13. | Tumult! | |||
| 7. | Customs | 14. | Sudden Freeze/Ice Shelf/The Thaw |