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Rating: An honest American rock band with a decent musical talent and the determination of those who are at the beginning and want to impose their music.
That the Greenwheel did not manage to place their album, Soma Holiday, in the European market is of little importance when considering that, as newcomers, they were included in the soundtrack of the first episode of Spiderman alongside names like Aerosmith, Pete Yorn, and The Strokes.
The album is largely driven by the talent of Ryan Jordan, with his powerful and gritty voice in full grunge style. In fact, the sound of the 4 Missouri musicians is nothing revolutionary and is influenced by current trends: a bit of new metal or post-grunge, with a nod to the tempo changes of modern progressive rock.
The album opens with "Shelter", the track included in the Spiderman soundtrack. An excellent energetic opener, with a compelling rhythm and just enough distorted guitar to put you in trouble if you're driving and need to stick to the speed limit.
The "adrenaline" atmosphere is maintained with "Sustain You" but already tones down by the third track. The Greenwheel indeed struggle a lot with ballads and "Breathe" is proof of that: the melody is familiar and is borrowed from the latest Goo Goo Dolls.
Luckily, the grit of "Louder Than Words" lifts the album's spirits, while "Strong" seems to be sung by Kurt Cobain himself. Hear to believe.
"Drowning Man", "Faces", and "Identity" are good tracks when listened to individually but in sequence they are too similar and anonymous.
At this point, the album is compromised and the listening becomes increasingly laborious and boring: "Disappear" seems to imitate Creed and "Dim Halo", despite the powerful guitar riffs, doesn't stray from the slow - fast - slow formula we've been hearing so far.
The album closes with "Radiance" and "The End", two tracks decidedly less rock than the others but more calibrated in melodies and arrangements.
After all, it is a pleasant album for those who love rock without too many pretensions and for those who want to hear Smells Like Teen Spirit seasoned in various ways.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Shelter (03:37)
consumed by this greedy disposition
i give no thanks for all that's been given to me
see i'm so concerned with selfish ambition
i see what i want and look past what i need
it's time to forget myself
it's time to forget myself
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here
impatience takes it's toll
it's such a hefty fare for me to pay
indifference takes control
i guess i'll keep that outside at bay
i don't care if i'll ever change
no i don't care if i'll ever change
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here
somewhere here, somewhere here...
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here
tell me where to find shelter
somewhere here (x2)
i don't care if i ever change
no i dont care if i ever change
02 Sustain You (03:32)
So far away not knowing how to handle the distance between
Avoiding situations that will show that this is not the same
(chorus)
Try to see through my window
I can't but I will
Sustain you as long as I can bear the thought of humbly keeping
Silence is my answer
I will remain here quietly seething
As the crowd moves in roaring to carry me away
I've always kept this push from shoving the edge closer now
It's true enough
I have nothing left to say
(chorus)
I will sustain you
I can't but i will
Oh I can't but i will
(Chorus)
Away.away
I will sustain you
I will sustain you
I will remain here quietly seething
As the crowd moves in roaring to carry me away
03 Breathe (03:18)
I played the fool today
And I can see us vanishing into the crowd
Longing for home again
But home is a feeling I've buried in you
I'm all right
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
I can't ask for things to be still again
I can't ask for you to offer the world through your eyes
Longing for home again
But home is a feeling I've buried in you
I'm all right
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
I'm all right
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
My window through which nothing hides and everything sings
I'm counting the signs and cursing the miles in between home.....
But home is a feeling I've buried in you
that I've burried in you
I'm all right
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
I'm all right
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
when I breathe
It only hurts when I breathe
when I breathe
It only hurts when I breathe
09 Disappear (04:06)
You don't see
You never have, you never will
What do you believe
These images are unforgiving
Jealousy always running through your veins
You cannot breathe
Here's your witness everything's not right
No everything's not right
(Chorus)
Where did you go
You forgot about all you've left behind
It's all on the table
Still you wonder why,yea you wonder why
You can't hurt any more
Your emotions just can't be seen in light
You're lost in here,lost in here
You just disappear
You just disappear
You deny the pain that overcomes deep inside
You've kept it there too long
Grayest skies, answers bleeding through
Sunlight, cast its shadows over all
(Chorus)
No everything's not right
No everything's not right
(Chorus)
No everything's not right
No everything's not right
(You're just lost in herex3)
You just disappear
10 Dim Halo (04:10)
Imagine no daylight
only the moon as your guide
When ours is to darkness
what forgotten sun is too bright
Eyes wide open now
taking it all in stride
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo
And to all my regret I fair thee well
You came around to slowly as I fell
My screams can only echo off the walls
I see nothing left to break my fall
Break my fall
To bear the slings and arrows,
my chances narrow
Just roll with the punches now,
bruises can heal
Soften the blow
cause I don't want to feel anymore
Just cancel out this fear
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo
And to all my regret I fair thee well
You came around to slowly as I fell
My screams can only echo off the walls
I see nothing left to break my fall
Break my fall
I can see your eyes when the stars hang low
Like a crown the moon wears a dim halo
And to all my regret I fair you well
You came around to slowly as I fell
My screams can only echo off the walls
I see nothing left
And to all my regret I fair thee well
You came around to slowly as I fell
My screams can only echo, off echo off the wall
my screams can only echo, off echo off the wall
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