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1.So Long, Astoria 2.Takeoffs and Landings 3.In This Diary 4.My Reply 5.Unopened Letter To The World 6.The Saddest Song 7.Summer '79 8.The Hero Dies In This One 9.All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know 10.The Boys Of Summer 11.Radio #2 12.Looking Back On Today 13.Eight Of Nine |
Kris
Roe (vocals, guitar) |
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| THE ATARIS: "So long, Astoria" | |||
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review by
Salvo "Lovedeath" Russo____ |
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The Ataris were a
punk-band!!!.....Nowdays they play nothing but ROCK!!!!I can't but
admit that this music is able to involve since the first listening.
Their previuos album "End is forever" showed a wind of
change in their way of makin' songs, and this album confirms what
we've listened in their previuos one.
They don't play slow-rock
like The Calling, and the only band that comes into my mind when I
listen this album is Goo Goo Dolls!!!!Yes, They play very similar to
old Goo Goo Dolls!!!...Listening to all these songs I can't but
remember that masterpiece of "A boy named goo", after that
album Goo Goo Dolls went into a more melodic slow rock that is
far from what we listen in this one!!!The Ataris gets a romantic and
melancholic approach into speed rock songs! There's a little of
punk ...but very little!!!!!
The songs?!!!!
The opener is the
title-track...and it seems a very tribute to Goo Goo Dolls!!!A very
good song, in which classic rock joins the punk and Kris shows his
fantastic voice !!!!!
The romantic approach
involves all the album....and "Takeoffs and Landings"
shows how you can create a romantic refrain into a speed song!!!!
"My reply" is
another heart-attack song!!!!The guitars are able to create melodic
riffs in which Kris creates an unforgattable refrain!!!
Their medative approach
and at the same time full of energy makes them one of the most
interesting band in this moment!!!The don't use any eletronic loops,
They play with Guitar, bass and drums, and piano in romantic parts....
"The saddest song"
is another easy-listening song , that could be the next single....!!!!The
first single of this album is a very successful cover!It calls
"Boys of summer".This song is a 80's hit by Don Hanley ,
that seems to have been invented to be played by The Ataris!
Kris is one of the best
singer ever!!!!His voice seems to be better in high tones and he's
able to give the right expressivness in all songs!
"The Hero Dies In
This One" gets an unforgattbale refrain, and no one details is
wrong!The production is at the top as such as the arrangments!
The album is very good,
but it could be not more loved after many listenings from all
those who don't appreciate the easy-rock...but This kind of music
is made to give immediate sensations, and This band gets all the
right characteristics to be famous in all the world!
rating: 9/10
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