The Compound
The Compound
Self-Titled
The Compounds debut Self- titled album has a song for pretty much everyone. If you like rock there is a song for you , if you like Metal there is a song for you. The Guns N Roses Use Your Illusion Synth Rock Sound again there is at least two songs that you can relate to on this album.
The members of the Compound are Kevin Farmer on Drums and Vocals, Simon Talevski on Guitar, vocals and Piano, and Shawn Gruszka on bass guitar and vocals.
The first song on the self-titled album is probably the longest intro song that I have ever heard before. What makes the intro song a little more interesting is the fact that the entire song is a instrumental song. The opening riff into the song is a somewhat generic opening sequences I have heard similar opening riffs a few times before. After listening to the song a few times I tried to figure out how lyrics would fit into the song and I just couldn’t really find any place to dub in lyrics. The entire intro song sounds and is played as if it is a large break between verses in a larger song. If I had the chance to place the song on the album I do not believe that I would have placed the song first on the album rather near the end of the album either as the last or second last song.
“Take A Stand” is the second song on the album, this song doesn’t take anytime at all to get into the lyrics. The synchronization between the drums, the lyrics and the guitars is key for this songs success on the album. Near the ending of a couple of verses all three participants come together and make a good standing out to the listener. The song somewhat falls into a generic Indie rock song following, the song is a good sit down and listen song but it doesn’t carry the get up and go attitude as some rocks songs contain. What is also interesting about this song is the twist that it the song takes with about two minutes left. The original song finishes and there is a slight pause, yet the song picks up again but with a total different sound and is basically a new and different song all together. I have heard of adding pauses in songs before but never have I heard the song become a new song after the pause before.
When “Sudden Death” comes on for the first time I thought that the cd stopped playing and I was back to listening to the radio again. Compared to the other tracks the song comes on fast and heavy. The guitars are what makes this song grow on the listener. The song is not like anything else on the album. The guitars have a steroid injected Red Hot Chilli Peppers mixed with the deepness of Rage Against The Machine. This song is also pretty much a instrumental song, where the word go and a fast count is only yelled out once throughout the song. What adds to the guitars in this song is the speed of the drums, they are fast and also match with the guitars. This I find is hard to come by with the guitars and the drums sounding as if they are playing the same song, usually the two instruments sound as if they are playing two completely different songs all together.
What I liked the most about the album is the mix of all the songs on the album. There really is a song for a wide variety of listeners. “Addicted” is where I take the Guns N Roses reference from the most because of the piano and how the winding guitars come into play in the background of the song. I am still taken by surprise how Sudden Death came to be on the album. After listening to the other songs on the album before Sudden Death you do not see this song coming at all. The album finished out heavy as well which again listening to the first part of the song your not expecting the drums and the guitars to finish out as heavy and fast as they do.
You can pick up your copy of the The Compound Self- Titled album by visiting their myspace and by following the links www.myspace.com/thecompoundband
Self-Titled
The Compounds debut Self- titled album has a song for pretty much everyone. If you like rock there is a song for you , if you like Metal there is a song for you. The Guns N Roses Use Your Illusion Synth Rock Sound again there is at least two songs that you can relate to on this album.
The members of the Compound are Kevin Farmer on Drums and Vocals, Simon Talevski on Guitar, vocals and Piano, and Shawn Gruszka on bass guitar and vocals.
The first song on the self-titled album is probably the longest intro song that I have ever heard before. What makes the intro song a little more interesting is the fact that the entire song is a instrumental song. The opening riff into the song is a somewhat generic opening sequences I have heard similar opening riffs a few times before. After listening to the song a few times I tried to figure out how lyrics would fit into the song and I just couldn’t really find any place to dub in lyrics. The entire intro song sounds and is played as if it is a large break between verses in a larger song. If I had the chance to place the song on the album I do not believe that I would have placed the song first on the album rather near the end of the album either as the last or second last song.
“Take A Stand” is the second song on the album, this song doesn’t take anytime at all to get into the lyrics. The synchronization between the drums, the lyrics and the guitars is key for this songs success on the album. Near the ending of a couple of verses all three participants come together and make a good standing out to the listener. The song somewhat falls into a generic Indie rock song following, the song is a good sit down and listen song but it doesn’t carry the get up and go attitude as some rocks songs contain. What is also interesting about this song is the twist that it the song takes with about two minutes left. The original song finishes and there is a slight pause, yet the song picks up again but with a total different sound and is basically a new and different song all together. I have heard of adding pauses in songs before but never have I heard the song become a new song after the pause before.
When “Sudden Death” comes on for the first time I thought that the cd stopped playing and I was back to listening to the radio again. Compared to the other tracks the song comes on fast and heavy. The guitars are what makes this song grow on the listener. The song is not like anything else on the album. The guitars have a steroid injected Red Hot Chilli Peppers mixed with the deepness of Rage Against The Machine. This song is also pretty much a instrumental song, where the word go and a fast count is only yelled out once throughout the song. What adds to the guitars in this song is the speed of the drums, they are fast and also match with the guitars. This I find is hard to come by with the guitars and the drums sounding as if they are playing the same song, usually the two instruments sound as if they are playing two completely different songs all together.
What I liked the most about the album is the mix of all the songs on the album. There really is a song for a wide variety of listeners. “Addicted” is where I take the Guns N Roses reference from the most because of the piano and how the winding guitars come into play in the background of the song. I am still taken by surprise how Sudden Death came to be on the album. After listening to the other songs on the album before Sudden Death you do not see this song coming at all. The album finished out heavy as well which again listening to the first part of the song your not expecting the drums and the guitars to finish out as heavy and fast as they do.
You can pick up your copy of the The Compound Self- Titled album by visiting their myspace and by following the links www.myspace.com/thecompoundband