Friday, July 22, 2011

Cults "Cults"

                                                                                                                                                                              Lets start off with a record from this year with a nice beat and some light guitar strumming bass,yeahhh. Love the vocals and the short interplay between two vocalists, but would rather not be "Abducted" by the cults. Pace changes about the 1:55 mark for a half-minute which is a nice change, and then goes back to the quicker speed. Toy Piano starts off leading to a catchy chorus, great guitar line and beat. Makes you want to "Go Outside," no? The next track,"You Know What I Mean," seems like it is a lovechild of "Unchained Melody" in deliveryand percussion/handclaps and the other instrumentals that border those of "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch." It has this cool punk blast that comes at 0:48 and then goes back to the slower part, but then she finishes it off with that blast, longer, and delivers the vocals in a more exuberant way as she did with the first blast. It sounds like it would not work, but is a real cool song. "Most Wanted" has a nice instrumentals that kind of remind me of and older song, don't know the title but it goes"...if that's alright,alright girl," and at the end it says some sore words,we'll leave it at that. "Walk at Nite" has this nice beat, nice bass, and extra added percussion, that makes one want to dance, in a "Bille Jean" style. It then kicks it up a little at the 2:30 mark with nice spacey keys to end it.  "Never Heal Myself" has a dance-y/samba style beat,with some nice keys and guitar, it causes one to want to dance the samba. "Oh My G()D" has a hip-hop beat with nice,catchy driving bass in the back and the same key sound played over and over; I believe it starts with a little distortion, too. Have you ever waited for a song to get to a point? Well,  I "Never Saw The Point" trying to look for one here except for the introspective clash between the need to try and the confidence in ability, and a beat which picks up at the end with slight ferocity after having you dance, maybe? Hey! No one's watching; It's ok. "Bad Things" has piano on the lower keys and a nice steady metronome beat in the background with some toy piano(?), or xylophone which sounds a little too high to be normal piano. Vocal interplay between two vocalists can help a song, and this time it really helps between the male and female vocals, as the bass comes in light behind the vocals and percussion but is audible and keeps it going,while th melody keeps you singing "la da da da daaaa" on "Bumper." A Nice Beat, off kilter instrumentals at times (audible, but not in the forefront), distortion, and vocals of which you cannot hear neccesarily except for the call to "Rave On" with gang vocals and echo effect. Sooo, this record was pretty cool wanna know what the Best Songs are? I would have to say: Abducted, Go Outside, You Know What I Mean, Walk At Nite, Never Heal Myself, Bad Things, Bumper. Seriously, though all the songs were good, but I think these are the ones that I like best.

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