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Having more possibilities implies having to make better choices. In the musical field, inevitably many people have not taken this into account, wanting to overdo it and thus inadvertently creating kitsch music (which, frankly, can also be beautiful if done in a certain way). On the contrary, the B.R.M.C. make inspired music, with a fresh (almost cold) sound and yet rich in chiaroscuro. The B.R.M.C. indeed explore the territories of white and black in their gradations, without dwelling on the difficult territories of color. Their music ranges from the white light of day to shadows, from sweet melodies to a touch of gothic solemnity, passing through atmospheres that evoke the serenity of nature, from engaging rhythms to walls of shoegaze guitars and resounding lysergic digressions, which have been very rare in recent years. Since while listening to the record, you also admire the sleeve, the combination of the music with the black and white images on the cover is perfect.
The rhythmic and (stylishly) dirty big guitars with overwhelming rhythm that soar up to the sky in Red Eyes and Tears and Love Burns (the album opener, full of pathos and introduced by sounds with a foggy atmosphere), the slow, flowing and powerful digressions of As Sure As The Sun and the punk of Spread Your Love and Whatever Happened To My Rock'n'Roll (punk song) are the manifestos of the album. Critics have compared the trio (Peter Hayes and Robert Turner, from San Francisco, and the Englishman Nick Jago on drums) to the English band Jesus & Mary Chain: I only know a couple of songs from them, but I would venture to say that B.R.M.C. are more psychedelic while the Jesus... are closer to the sounds of the '80s. For rock purists, this album is a must-listen.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
04 Awake (06:12)
Wanna feel what I touch
Wanna find what was lost
Wanna be kind
As you see every curse
And in a dream it'll work
Now you'll feel tied
Wanna praise with this life
And conceal without lies
I just need time
Wanna fight every need
Every push every string
Will you stand by?
I've been awake through the wrong decisions
I've held the ground now I'm gaining soul
I bit my tongue through the cold realizations
I've been accused but I've only begun
Wanna speak what I've seen
Wanna reach what I've dreamed
Wanna be kind
Wanna seal what I've cut
Wanna hear without rush
Wanna ease time
With your hand on your loss
Our scene truly cost
No one told you
And we grew from the day
Into night I'm ashamed
I will join you
I've been awake through the wrong decisions
I've held my ground now I'm gaining soul
I bit my tongue through the cold realizations
I've been accused, but I've only begun
Take me on, take me on
I've been awake, shaking to a rage
I've been awake, shaking to a rage
In the end only once
All you need is a touch
Wanna see love
Every thought you'll be shown
Every act will be known
I defend you
We'll awake every sound
Every chance I'll be found
I'll be with you
To the end now you come
Show your hands to the ones
To behold you
I've been awake through the wrong decisions
I've held my ground now I'm gaining soul
I've held my tongue through the cold realisations
I've been accused, but I've only begun
Take me on, take me on
I've been awake, shaking to a rage
(Take me on, take me on)
I've been awake, shaking to a rage
07 Rifles (05:29)
Rifles
I see the rifles coming over the hill
And if you shout maybe they stop and won't kill
But if you think like me
You'll be as dead as he
I see the lion crawling over your bed
And if you stay he'll make you walk in your bed
To what you're gonna be
It never lets you be
I see the colour in your eyes
I see the images I own
I see more colour in your eyes
Than the reflections from purple skies
I won't let you take him away
And I won't give to you the fires of hate
So I will never see
What you've done to me
I see the colour in your eyes
I see the images I own
I see more colour in your eyes
Than the reflections from purple skies
Now
You come alive
With the world at your side
Now
You come alive
With the world at your side
I see the rifles coming over the hill
And if you shout maybe they stop and won't kill
But if you think like me
You'll be as dead as he
Some day
I see the colour in your eyes
I see the images I own
I see more colour in your eyes
Than the reflections from purple skies
Now
You come alive
With the world at your side
Now
You come alive
With the world at your side
08 Too Real (04:55)
Don't want to see what all these people see
They all seem lost with what they've found
Don't want to hear what all these people hear
It seems to tell them there's no sound
Don't want to fight who all these people fight
It's only truth that's been denied
Does it feel too real
When everything you've learnt to love seems to change?
Does it feel too real
When everything you love to fear seems the same?
Don't want to waste away my life-savings
Too many feelings left to save
No need to talk about the other side
We learn to live our happy lives
It's so good, you see- just another day
Learn to savour all the same
Does it feel too real
When everything you've learnt to love seems to change?
Does it feel too real
When everything you love to fear seems the same?
Do you turn out the lights so you don't have to see yourself?
Do you turn out the lights so you don't have to see yourself?
Do you turn out the lights so you don't have to see yourself?
Does it feel too real
When everything you've learnt to love seems to change?
Does it feel too real
When everything you love to fear seems the same?
Does it feel too real
When everything you've learnt to love seems to change?
Does it feel too real
When everything you love to fear seems the same?
Does it feel too real?
10 Head Up High (05:35)
You feel, no one listens, before saying you're through
You fear, nothing takes you as far as you'll go
This song is not about you
The life that stands without you
Your body and blood
Your body and blood
You're leaving us all
I keep my head up high to ease my mind
Of all these true sensations
I keep my head up high to ease my mind
Of all these true sensations
I keep my head up high to ease my mind
Of all these true sensations
I keep my head up high to ease my mind
Of all these true sensations
You feel, nothing ever stays the same as it was
You'll take, no more remedies to force yourself true
You say, every motion and fall fail you too
This song is not about you
The life that stands without you
Your body and blood
Your body and blood
You're leaving us all
I keep my head up high to ease my mind
Of all these true sensations
I keep my head up high to ease my mind
Of all these true sensations
I keep my head up high to ease my mind
Of all these true sensations
I keep my head up high to ease my mind
Of all these true sensations
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By LOR15
This is the most useless album I’ve ever had the misfortune to listen to.
B.R.M.C. are a photocopy made with expired toner of the Jesus And Mary Chain.
By CosmicJocker
That said, the hour I spent with him was pleasant and, in some ways, "refreshing."
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