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The Olms - Wanna Feel It

Album reviews 5/8/15

Pete Yorn & the Olms- The Olms: I have no idea who the Olms are, but this sounds like CCR style classic rock from the get-go. It's a very different sound from what I'm used to, from Pete Yorn. That said, this is more Beatles than Creedence, and not from the Beatles' more interesting periods, either. I'm a little disappointed, but I can't say I'm surprised, given the influence of another group on Yorn. 5/10

Skank Skank: This is gonna make someone very happy. Skank are a Brazilian rock group, who I know from finding three of their songs randomly back in my "find random songs" days, probably on Limewire. "Jackie Tequila", "Acima do Sol" and "Resposta" may be shit quality recordings, but they have lasted all these years in my collection for being solid acoustic rock with a smooth-voiced vocalist singing in a language I don't know the first thing about. But for the first time in over a decade, I get to listen to their albums! We start by traveling back to 1992. This introduces them well, giving an insight into their reggae-infused sound, and even featuring a couple songs in English. A good way to begin. 6.5/10 Calango: This is the first of their albums with a song I'm familiar with, and it turns out to be pretty excellent. Though the opening track is a real standout for having more in the way of ska energy (indeed, "Ska-nk"), the languidity of the rest of the tracks isn't a letdown. This keeps a very steady rhythm and goes through a number of vocalist changes while serving up track after track of reggae deliciousness. 7.5/10 O Samba Poconé: It's hard to quantify why I do or do not like an album written in a language I do not understand, in a genre I'm typically indifferent to. This one, though, is lacking something. Though it's certainly not energy, not with all the football anthems sprinkled around. They feature Manu Chao for a number of tracks, which is an interesting change. It's fun overall, but not as compelling, I guess, as either of the first two. 5.5/10 Siderado: We're in 1998 now, for those keeping track. Ah, and this one has Resposta. This album marks a turn away from the ska/reggae and into more standard alt-rock. Not that they're leaving it behind entirely, and tracks like "Os Homens das Cavernas" are some of their best reggae stuff to date. Not a cohesive album, to be sure, but considerably more upbeat than previous offerings. 6.5/10s Maquinarama: We move into 2000 with an album that is nothing but collaborations. Not that it seems to make much of a difference, though now it seems the reggae has gone completely out the window, though there is some samba, if I'm not mistaken. But, with it seems to have gone a lot of what made Skank fun to listen to. It doesn't help that all these albums are a low bitrate and fairly quiet, but this is just kind of lackadaisical and insubstantial. 4.5/10 Cosmotron: They've moved into Eastern music! Honestly, it sounds like they've gone for the 90's Britrock sound I was just talking about in the last review post. This album sounds like it's by a completely different artist than those that came before it. And it's not bad, but it's also a fairly standard foreign-language alt-rock release. Like I said about Maquinarama, they've lost something special. 5.5/10 Radiola: This is more of the same, though bizarrely upbeat. That's really all I have to say about it. 4.5/10 Carrossel: More of the same. Can't say there's much to it, though. They're really slipping, and they've totally lost me anyway. This doesn't even have any songs I like! 4/10 Estandarte: The horns are back! I think I'm just burnt out on Skank at this point, but this did have a track or two that caught my attention, so it's at least a tiny step up from the last couple. 4.5/10 Velocia: Their most recent album came out last year. It's got a lot of collabs, again. Also, it's worth noting that nowhere did I notice "Acima do Sol" on any of these albums (apparently it was on a live release). Anyway, again, there's not much I can say. This is too little, too late, though it is kind of fun. They lost their luster a long time ago, and just never recovered. 5/10

Dexys Midnight Runners Searching for the Young Soul Rebels: This is the album before "Come on Eileen" made these guys a one-hit wonder. And no, it's not "Dexy's", I looked it up. The first track starts out with some radio noise before "For God's sake, burn it down!" and then the horns start up. This is a very weird album, however, between the light 80's rock and the horn section. It doesn't fit easily into any category but neither does it amount to much. I've got higher hopes for the next album anyway. 4.5/10 Too-Rye-Ay: This immediately gets off to a better start, with some strings and a bouncy, infectious rhythm. With just a touch of their Irish heritage, Dexys have turned their music into something worth paying attention to. The tracks with talking keep some of the artsiness of the first album, but this is a romp all the way through, and "Come on Eileen" is the grand finale. I'm really very pleased to find that the Runners have a lot more to offer than their one classic hit. 8.5/10 One Day I'm Going to Soar: And that was the last anyone heard from the Runners until 2012. Wow. This is a very stripped-down album, and it's definitely missing something. They're just kind of mucking around, doing whatever and having nothing to show for it. It seems their star burned bright and hot in the 80's and that was it, but having one good album is a lot more than some bands can say, so it's worth it. 4/10

DJ Encore Intuition: The first album of this pair is properly credited to DJ Encore featuring Engelina, whose lovely vocals really add a lot to the DJ's trancey dance tracks. I know this pair from the songs "Walking in the Sky" and "I See Right Through You". This has a number of other really solid early 2000s trance tracks, like "High on Life" and "Talk to Me", but for the most part is a fairly standard pop album, and the lyrics began to wear on me after a while. Still a good listen if you're into trance, at least. 6.5/10 Unique: Six years later and more of the same. And while it's still good dance music, again, this apparently isn't an artist I can take for long periods of time. 4.5/10

Safri Duo- Origins: This is a 2008 release from a trance group best known for their percussion! Granted, on tracks like "Apollo", the percussion is somewhat lacking, though that one at least is otherwise good. This album overall is a good bit more soothing than I expect from them, but I don't dislike it. If you're not familiar with the Duo, this won't give you a good idea of what they're usually about, but it is worth the listen. 7.5/10

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Song of the Mornin'

Wanna Feel It by The Olms

Possible Connections: Considering the catchiest part of this song is, duh, the chorus, and also the fact that chorus, duh, repeats...it's not too hard to deduce why this was in my head this morning.

I think I probably heard this song last night...I stayed up pretty late reading/finishing my book The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean telt by hisself by David Almond (9:45 I believe). It was just SOOOO good (especially near the end when you want to know what happens), but I'll save the praise and comments for my book review on my book blog (teenyreader.tumblr.com) wink wink.And since I listen to music while I read, it is no surprise that this song probably entered by subconscious and the catchiness of the chorus just hung in there until this morning...but in the past the song of the mornin' has come from 2 or 3 days past...So maybe I heard it a few days ago? I don't know. I just know I listen to this song...a lot! I like it... Even if I can't understand a few some most of the lyrics. That's why the chorus is stuck in my head!Wanna feel it, wanna feel it too, oh oh I wanna feel it, wanna feel it too, oh oh And in the past, I have found that whatever my 'Song of the Mornin'" is, I have it playing through my mind for most of the day if I'm at work. If I'm not at work, I'm probably listening to my iTunes at home so there are plenty of other songs for my brain to latch on to. It really is amazing, though, how 3 seconds of a song can play through my head for 3 straight hours... Time passes weird when you have to play your own soundtrack in your head.I WANNA FEEL AWAKE! Wanna feel it, wanna feel it too, oh oh I wanna feel it, wanna feel it too, oh oh I wanna feel it, wanna feel it too, oh oh I wanna feel it, wanna feel it too, oh oh