|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
|
Track Listings
| 1. Let Her Rest |
| 2. Queen Of Hearts |
| 3. Under My Nose |
| 4. The Other Shoe |
| 5. Turn The Season |
| 6. Running On Nothing |
| 7. Remember My Name |
| 8. A Slanted Tone |
| 9. Serve Me Right |
| 10. Truth I Know |
| 11. Life In Paper |
| 12. Ship Of Fools |
| 13. A Little Death |
| 14. I Was There |
| 15. Inside A Frame |
| 16. The Recursive Girl |
| 17. One More Night |
Product Description
Album Description
Vinyl LP pressing. 2011 release, the third album from the Canadian Alt-Rock/Punk outfit. David Comes To Life is a Rock opera, an album set to a play. Though no less monumental, it is far more melodic than their break through The Chemistry Of Common Life. There are more female vocals, which work in perfect contrast to Damian Abraham's highly effective wounded bull growl.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.ca
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
4.4 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews)
34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reaching For The Sky, Jun 9 2011
By Ralph from Brooklyn - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: DAVID COMES TO LIFE (CD) (Audio CD)
Try to move beyond the punk/hardcore label this band has. They've pretty much transcended those genres at this point, and this album might be something of a game changer for them. The main problem for some people willl be the vocals of Pink Eye. Bellowed in the tried and true tradition of Henry Rollins (circa Black Flag) and early Bob Mould, they are not cookie monster, more pissed off and young.Now, this is supposedly a rock opera, but, as with all of those, the story is rather confusing (I'll leave that description up to others), and, really, once the guitars kick in, the story (survival, redemption, trying to move forward) becomes more about feel than words.
About those guitars. Multi-layered, symphonic,galvanizing and always serving the context of these amazing pop songs. The band as a whole is so finely tuned into one another that they move like a tank, a very fast one. I'm 57, and believe me, there were times when listening to the sheer oomph of these songs made me wonder if I was too old to form a band.
And really, that's what this is all about, the redemptive power of anger transposed into reach for the heavens rock that in it's chaos is utterly in control and ready to move you. Music that can save you and remind of what's good about being alive.
Of course it's too long, too ambitious, sometimes impenetrable, but music that takes risks often risks failure, and this band knows that it's the failures that make you strong and it's the failures that give you heart. Really, in it's reach and go for it guts, this is the best album of it's kind since Zen Arcade.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An adrenaline-fueled story of love and loss, Jun 27 2011
By J. Bittancourt "James of all trades" - Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
"David Comes To Life" is not an album I would normally identify with at first glance. Sure, I'll occasionally return classic punk albums like Black Flag's "Damaged", and Fugazi's "In On The Kill Taker". And, noise rock and drone like Boris and Boredoms also make my playlist regularly. But, through and through, the brunt of my music library is electronic in nature. However, I'm surprised at the things I've learned by branching out to certain...extremes. This album is no different-a refreshing change of pace that I've played constantly.Lead singer Damien Abraham spends much (if not all) of the album's length punching the lyrics in your face. While it might seem at first to overpower the music and intensity of the lyrics (which can be beautiful at times), you recognize after repeated listens that the rest of the band gets equal audible billing. There's an ongoing riff in "Serve Me Right" that illustrates this perfectly; the guitar churns and the drumbeat chugs to the words being said. If you take the right amount of time to appreciate this interplay, there are dozens of moments like this scattered throughout the album. Credit is definitely due to producer Shane Stonebeck and the rest of the band: Mike, Sandy, Josh, and Jonah.
(You definitely do not want to listen to this music while gardening, that's for sure. But, if you think you might be on the fence with this album, don't be afraid to let it grow on you on a warm summer day, driving around town with the windows down. I did...and I'm pleased with the results.)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant, Jun 15 2011
By T. Bates - Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
Don't let Pink Eyes' vocals scare you off. The music here is dense, layered, and quite melodic, and Damian's growl fits right in. The band has taken another step forward in its evolution, and members have created an amazing album. Infinitely listenable!
Listmania!
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
