It Is All An Illusion

General | Oct 2013

Reviews

awyeh
Reviewed 2013-10-24
Outsider new age avant-pop-rock. Jittery jarring electric guitar, female vocal stylings uncannily reminiscent of Gordon Gano. From the press sheet, you can expect sarcasm, verbal metaphors, and increased emphasis on the instrumental music, but with Kloba's trademark hopefulness shining through all of this. As a non-musician I'm not sure if the songs are remarkably simple or atheoretical; give it a play and decide for yourself.

1 (2:52) Buzzing guitar, strings, bitter ex-lover lyrics
*2 (3:25) Piano jaunt behind dark, moody song
*3 (3:10) Drawled-sung, even sneered early on, swirling synth backing
*4 (2:37) Thinkin bout the universe; happy bass sounds almost programming in its style, upbeat, choral backing vox
5 (3:15) Dark, brooding, pounding, deep backing M choral synths
6 (2:12) Moody, nature imagery. Lyric sheet says "I was raised by Bob CATS" but sadly I did not hear this lyric
7 (2:21) Plodding, rocky
8 (3:08) Psychy, chiming, love song "bare feet... painted toes... ankle bracelet... summer feet"
9 (3:29) Slower, foreboding bass and pounding drums
10 (2:49) Uplifting, staccato vox, congas, chiming guitar

Recent airplay

Oh, Wait!
MeowJan 01, 2014
I Saw The Stars
MeowDec 28, 2013
Oh, Wait!
Fight or FlightNov 22, 2013
Raised By Bobcats, I Know, I Know
1032512Nov 20, 2013
I Saw The Stars
Sunflower SutraNov 13, 2013
Oh, Wait!
Meow After MidnightNov 06, 2013

Charting

2013-10-24 — 2013-12-26
Week EndingAirplays
Nov 24 2
Nov 17 1
Nov 10 2

Track listing

1. Oh, Wait!
2. Men Made Of Wire
3. I Know, I Know
4. I Saw The Stars
5. It Is All An Illusion
6. Raised By Bobcats
7. Midsummer Morning Rain
8. Summer Feet
9. String Theory
10. Stratto Calling