| Petal / Magic Gone |
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| Album: | Magic Gone | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Petal | Added: | Sep 2018 | |
| Label: | Run For Cover | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-09-30 | Pull Date: | 2018-12-02 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 2 | Nov 11 | Oct 28 | Oct 21 | Oct 14 | Oct 7 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 26, 2018: | regular school Better Than You, Better Than You | 4. | Oct 25, 2018: | Remix | Reading and Writing DJ Culture Better Than You | |
| 2. | Nov 09, 2018: | Totally A Better Than You | 5. | Oct 22, 2018: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants Better Than You | |
| 3. | Nov 05, 2018: | truth to force Better Than You | 6. | Oct 19, 2018: | KZSU Time Traveler Magic Gone |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2018-09-26 | ||
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INDIE ALTERNATIVE ROCK The band Petal is singer-songwriter Kiley Lotz; no other musicians are credited. A fine set of songs with hummable, earworm melodies is anchored by Lotz’s strong soprano voice. Rock-band accompaniment is variously led by guitar or piano. Styles range from strummed folk to hard-edged rock to bouncy pop. The lyrics (on included booklet) tell of a difficult path through mental health issues: feelings of anger, resentment & heartache come through in all the songs. Tough going, but a record well worth listening to and playing. FCC is tracks 4 and 9 1 ** Fast, hard driving rock song. Upbeat girl-group spirit (think Bangles). Loud guitar, drums. Exposes the emotional gap between performer & audience. Very good song. (2:49) 2 ** Mid-tempo. Beautiful singing set to power chords & pounding drums. Deeply emotional & cynical: life is coming apart. The titles of the album’s two “sides” are here in these lyrics: a dualism of desperation & hope. (3:49) 3 * Slow. Folk-rock ballad. Strummed electric-acoustic & a tragically vulnerable voice. A bad relationship with astronomy metaphors. (4:52) 4 ** (FCC: f’ing) Slow folk ballad. Strummed acoustic & devastated, heartbroken voice. The very moment of a breakup & breakdown. (3:16) 5 Slow sad ballad. Strummed guitar. The breakup has happened, heartache endures. (4:27) 6 Very slow & minimal, but picks up & builds a little as it goes on. It’s gone, over. (4:21) 7 Slow. A ballad of lost love. The past relationship is revealed to be a lesbian one. A sort of gentle, jazzy accompaniment of hollow-body guitar, piano & drums. (4:17) 8 * Very slow. Acoustic guitar & vox. Cathartic lashing out. I wish we’d never met. (2:34) 9 * (FCC: f’ing) Heartbroken song on piano. RIYL Joni Mitchell’s “River.” (3:46) 10 Slow w just piano. Then mid-tempo w guitar & drums. Looking back finally with a few fond memories & kind words. (3:55) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Better Than You | 6. | Magic Gone | |||
| 2. | Tightrope | 7. | Shine | |||
| 3. | I'm Sorry | 8. | Carve | |||
| 4. | Comfort | 9. | Something From Me | |||
| 5. | Shy | 10. | Stardust |