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Adri broke my heart, and the funny thing is, is that we haven't even met.
The first time I heard her voice was on the first track of said CD, the riff
was leading us somewhere, to her, it had a hum to it, a pitch, a feel, a bit
annoying but then again not. This "annoying but then again not" is my
overall feeling about this album. I looked up the band on myspace, I saw
Adri and my assumptions were correct, another hot girl fronting a band that
existed in the shadows behind her, much alike Blondie you ask me, much
alike. So what's what? I viewed a video of them live and I saw where they
were coming from. The Voids aren't trying to be bigger than life, and you
know what I like that, they seem like the band not in a hurry to get big,
someone that would rather have streetcred than a platinum album,
respectable. But baby oh but! About Adri breaking my heart, the CD in whole
is too linear from start to finish, I notice no difference in Adris' vocal
range, I know she has range because their previous album exhibits it, a
scream here, some ins and outs, the dynamics of her voice aren't begin
showcased as they should. The band, the crew. they as I noted earlier are in
the shadows, no one piece of the band has a spotlight really, I know what a
solo is I however am talking about a mix up in the drive of each track,
heavy on the drums here, guitar there, ya know. The recording ain't doing it
for me either, the drums seem really bland, the snare isn't snappy, the
cymbols aren't crashing and crisp, the bass is totally unheard almost, and
my pretty lil' Adri her vocals aren't recorded as well as I'd obviously
like, her voice track (not her voice itself) is flat, her peaks aren't hispy
and high pitched, I like a little tweaker speaker action when I'm listening
to my punk. Whoa, I'm just not happy with the production in harsh comparison
to their previous cuts from the previous album, if you compare the two
you'll feel my pain. But The Voids are more than this album, hear me out,
the message still comes through to me, the lyrics, the pace the meaning,
still comes through (piss and grit sometimes don't stick to the record),
amisted what are really recording and production setbacks and a few vocal
and arrangement issues, I'm down with it, even though it may seem that I'm
not. I'll catch a show when my work schedule permits and then and only then
I think I'll see The Voids in their true glory, their true element, amongst
their fans, some microphone feedback and eachother. "Guys (I'm talking to
the band,. Adri Hi.) if I had it my way your next album would be a
complation of this album some fav hits possibly a cover for fun and some
new tracks (as I assume you're always working on new tracks) recorded live.
Reviewed by Fernando Hurtado