Crushed Stars / Convalescing In Braille
| Album: | Convalescing In Braille | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Crushed Stars | Added: | Jan 2011 | |
| Label: | Simulacra Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-06-12 | Pull Date: | 2011-08-14 |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 7 | Jul 31 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 | Jun 19 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 22, 2012: | The Deadly Tango
Fall |
4. | Aug 03, 2011: | Not That Simple
Beatrice In The Otherworld |
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| 2. | Aug 05, 2011: | Wee Animalcules
Black Umbrellas |
5. | Jul 29, 2011: | Time Traveler (The Songsmith Show Edition)
Technicolor |
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| 3. | Aug 05, 2011: | Time Traveler
Black Umbrellas |
6. | Jul 22, 2011: | Time Traveler
Technicolor |
Album Review
MC Dizzy Jackson
Reviewed 2011-06-03
Reviewed 2011-06-03
Crushed Stars is a Portland, Oregon-based band. It’s got a mild ’80’s goth influence and Todd Gautreau’s voice sounds quite like Peter Murphy’s (Bauhaus). Standard instrumentation of guitar, bass, drums, keys. Gautreau plays most instruments. It’s mostly a mellower sounding album. Some nice stuff here. No FCC’s.
*My Favorites*: 2, 4, 8, 9.
1. (4:48) Mid. Quiet guitar and vocals to start, then band joins in. Dreamy and mellow, good country-road driving song.
2. *(4:52) Slow / Mid. Echoey vocals, plodding beat, moody and mellow. Fade-out with piano.
3. (4:33) Slow. Minimal guitar, keys. Whispered, echoey vocals.
4. *(4:35) Mid. Bigger sound here with a drum-driven, driving beat.
5. (4:24) Mid. First half, mellower, second half, drums propel the song. Guitar and keys ending.
6. (3:07) Slow. INSTRUMENTAL. Synth, piano, plucked guitar, bells. Really nice and moody.
7. (4:34) Slow. Piano predominates. Cool backing vocal. Great french horn.
8. *(4:02) Mid. Bigger sound with full band. Jangly, tingly and driving. Fades out.
9. *(5:21) Slow / Mid. Plodding beat, epic sounding with pronounced, yet subdued, drumming. Backing vocals.
10. (4:25) Slow / Mid. Guitar, keys, echoey vocals, cool horn.
*My Favorites*: 2, 4, 8, 9.
1. (4:48) Mid. Quiet guitar and vocals to start, then band joins in. Dreamy and mellow, good country-road driving song.
2. *(4:52) Slow / Mid. Echoey vocals, plodding beat, moody and mellow. Fade-out with piano.
3. (4:33) Slow. Minimal guitar, keys. Whispered, echoey vocals.
4. *(4:35) Mid. Bigger sound here with a drum-driven, driving beat.
5. (4:24) Mid. First half, mellower, second half, drums propel the song. Guitar and keys ending.
6. (3:07) Slow. INSTRUMENTAL. Synth, piano, plucked guitar, bells. Really nice and moody.
7. (4:34) Slow. Piano predominates. Cool backing vocal. Great french horn.
8. *(4:02) Mid. Bigger sound with full band. Jangly, tingly and driving. Fades out.
9. *(5:21) Slow / Mid. Plodding beat, epic sounding with pronounced, yet subdued, drumming. Backing vocals.
10. (4:25) Slow / Mid. Guitar, keys, echoey vocals, cool horn.
Track Listing
| 1. | Eyeliner | 6. | A Day Without You | |||
| 2. | Black Umbrellas | 7. | Frost On Wires | |||
| 3. | Sutures | 8. | Fall | |||
| 4. | Technicolor | 9. | Beatrice In The Otherworld | |||
| 5. | Spark | 10. | Ocean |