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Order of the Dying Orchid: Demo
Holy crap, I've had this 3-song demo for two months and I haven't reviewed it yet. Well, I figure I should before this band gets signed to Gravity or GSL, two labels where this band would fit right it. Actually, going on their physical appearances, I doubt they'd fit in anywhere other than in their rehearsal space. Their lead singer is the height of an NBA player and weighs as much as your average little leaguer. Combine that with his bad hair and horrendous facial hair and you can understand why what we have here are the most sorrowful lyrics since Joy Division. Basically, I don't have any song titles, so I can't say "this" sounds like "that," but I can tell you that these guys fit in more with the original No Wave sound of James Chance and the Contortions rather than the new-school stylings of the Blood Brothers. If you're going to scream tormented lyrics over hyperactive instrumentation, take a cue from Order of the Dying Orchid, and forget about using a keyboard to express just how sad you can be. Thanks to the guys in the band for sending me this album and a xeroxed copy of the artwork in a plastic bag that should be used for selling drugs. If this weren't something that I've been begging them about wanting for months, I would have been pissed because I couldn't go sell it back at Second Spin. Instead I'm really happy to have this demo, and if you don't get this, you'll probably feel the same way you did when you didn't buy that jean jacket at the Salvation Army and then two months later, every single person at the Radio Vago show that you were at had one. Didn't you feel left out, didn't you?
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