The Shell Collector
Medusa
Tuna Records
2014
Right, The Shell Collector are an Italian duo (that however appears to be augmented by extra musicians on occasion), that so far has released a couple of EPs and now hopes to take it to the next level by releasing a “complete” album, thru their own label, on vinyl and digital only, that goes to show that probably no label actually gave a shit and why would they…
What we have here is a half decent, but not entirely dismissible, yet not amazing since I’m sure anyone with a bong can come up with some “loose jams”, type of post, grungy, rocky, electronica, alternative influenced, amalgam of sounds that doesn’t particularly fit under a particular label.
Enrico Tiberi, sounds a bit like Chris Cornell only somewhat deeper and mournfully just moans and writhes and slurs interestingly through the 45 minutes and the 11 tracks and has some charm factor, fair enough.
Now musically, the arrangements are so minimal that are almost unworthy to get into details. It’s more about the attitude. I am guessing the voice at first made me think of the boring alternative of Audioslave, but even they were better. Radiohead, of late, is a decent description, one of the bands that I find the most, overrated ever along with Mars Volta, whose overall textures you might say they have some parallelisms to…
Something very loopey, if you know what I mean and I’m not saying that in the best meaning… But if that’s your thing on the other hand… it’s a matter of perspective...
What we have here is a half decent, but not entirely dismissible, yet not amazing since I’m sure anyone with a bong can come up with some “loose jams”, type of post, grungy, rocky, electronica, alternative influenced, amalgam of sounds that doesn’t particularly fit under a particular label.
Enrico Tiberi, sounds a bit like Chris Cornell only somewhat deeper and mournfully just moans and writhes and slurs interestingly through the 45 minutes and the 11 tracks and has some charm factor, fair enough.
Now musically, the arrangements are so minimal that are almost unworthy to get into details. It’s more about the attitude. I am guessing the voice at first made me think of the boring alternative of Audioslave, but even they were better. Radiohead, of late, is a decent description, one of the bands that I find the most, overrated ever along with Mars Volta, whose overall textures you might say they have some parallelisms to…
Something very loopey, if you know what I mean and I’m not saying that in the best meaning… But if that’s your thing on the other hand… it’s a matter of perspective...