Mike K / A Simple Story Simply Told
Album: | A Simple Story Simply Told | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Mike K | Added: | Apr 2006 | |
Label: | Self-Release |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2007-01-21 | Pull Date: | 2007-03-25 |
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Week Ending: | Jan 28 |
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Airplays: | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jan 27, 2007: | Radio Experiment #4
Hannah Wilyu |
2. | Jan 22, 2007: | Speak Me How to Teach
All Is Well |
Album Review
Rob
Reviewed 2006-08-03
Reviewed 2006-08-03
Hushed lo-fi singer / songwriter, with an occasional upbeat toe tapper amongst the ballads. Soft guitars and somewhat driving perc throughout with steady synths/strings and reverb underlying most songs to fill out the sound. Songs uniformly drag at end. FCC on 11.
Picks: 2, 8, 10, 11
1. Mid-low energy, standard with 20-sec intro. and outro.
2. ***Mid energy, sweet waltzy ditty with a smooth blend of 5/8 and 6/8
3. Upbeat, with peaked guitar over processed drum sounds. 10-sec intro
and outro.
4. Soft picked guitar ballad with great hollow perc in chorus. End drags on a bit.
5. Upbeat. Bouncy, with driving upbeats on the drums. 7-sec held note outro.
6. Soft 6/8 ballad. Long, with no surprises. 9-sec held note outro.
7. Quite soft acoustic. Builds to nice refrain. No perc. 40-sec outro(!)
8. *Syrupy, fuzzy guitar waltz, tempo increase for frantic end build.
27-sec outro.
9. Sireny filler
10. *Sunny, swung 6/8. Prominent acoustic strumming.
11. *FCC ind. Upbeat, 16th note cymbals
12. Sleepy acoustic song
13. Sticky, soft, soft layered vocals and upped sounds. 25-sec vamp out.
Picks: 2, 8, 10, 11
1. Mid-low energy, standard with 20-sec intro. and outro.
2. ***Mid energy, sweet waltzy ditty with a smooth blend of 5/8 and 6/8
3. Upbeat, with peaked guitar over processed drum sounds. 10-sec intro
and outro.
4. Soft picked guitar ballad with great hollow perc in chorus. End drags on a bit.
5. Upbeat. Bouncy, with driving upbeats on the drums. 7-sec held note outro.
6. Soft 6/8 ballad. Long, with no surprises. 9-sec held note outro.
7. Quite soft acoustic. Builds to nice refrain. No perc. 40-sec outro(!)
8. *Syrupy, fuzzy guitar waltz, tempo increase for frantic end build.
27-sec outro.
9. Sireny filler
10. *Sunny, swung 6/8. Prominent acoustic strumming.
11. *FCC ind. Upbeat, 16th note cymbals
12. Sleepy acoustic song
13. Sticky, soft, soft layered vocals and upped sounds. 25-sec vamp out.
Track Listing
1. | Pretty Sure | 8. | Bright Future | |||
2. | All Is Well | 9. | Fatigue, Nausea, Aching Bones... | |||
3. | We Are The Ones (Infinity, No Give-Backs) | 10. | Sleepwalker | |||
4. | Nudity | 11. | Brokedown | |||
5. | Hannah Wilyu | 12. | Slasher | |||
6. | Razorcloser | 13. | Paranoia | |||
7. | Quietening | . |