Dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
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Artist: DredgBrand: DREDG
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-06-09
Music Label: Dredg
Soundtracks:
- Pariah
- Drunk Slide
- Ireland
- Stamp Of Origin: Pessimistic
- Lightswitch
- Gathering Pebbles
- Information
- Stamp Of Origin: Ocean Meets Bay
- Saviour
- R U O K ?
- I Don't Know
- Mourning This Morning
- Stamp Of Origin: Take A Look Around
- Long Days and Vague Clues
- Cartoon Showroom
- Quotes
- Down To The Cellar
- Stamp Of Origin: Horizon
Music reviews of The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
Music Review: My Delusion...
Rating: 5 Stars
***UPDATED REVIEW***
Having listened to this album for a month I am going to offer a correction or edit as you will for my previous post and score.
Someone commented on my original post that it's a grower album and if anyone deserves a chance to grow on you its Dredg. That person was right on the mark because in all fairness their previous efforts had to grow on me as well. What happened in my case was consciously taking a more personal meaning to "Pariah's..." songs. The epiphany moment hit me when I was camping with a few of my friends and we were listening to this in a canyon outside of Moab. With any great album a particular mood or environment could make an albums music and meaning intensify. With Dredg those environments have always been key and this camping trip happened to be the time I really discovered this album. I can literally say that we sat in complete silence for the last ten tracks of this album and then went into a long discussion of our interpretation of the music. One of my friends, who had never heard any of Dredgs music, commented: "Wow, I can't think of another band I've heard that sounds like this. It's nice to know there are still bands producing music that make an emotional connection and artistic interpretation through their music." I had to include that comment because it really sums up what this band and the album mean to me. I know this album is loosely based on "A Letter to the Six Billionth World Citizen" and it tackles some great ideas. However, I feel this is more of a diary of Dredg and their experiences as humans walking around this crazy world we live in.
I can honestly say that this music is not an album I would just drive to in my car "jamming" for a lack of a better term. But I guess for me no Dredg album has ever been that. It's more about experiencing their music and allowing for conversation or just relaxing and listening when the time is right. I still lean more towards El Cielo' only because I can relate to that album personally. However, I want to retract my earlier and PREMATURE review and reward this album with 5 stars based on, well who really cares what it's based on. If the album hits you up front then great, if it takes multiple listens then wonderful. The one thing you can't question is the bands respect for the art of music, and for a diehard music fan such as myself this album delivers something special.
As of right now the standout tracks in no particular order: Information, I Don't Know, Quotes, Down To The Cellar & Stamp Of Origin: Horizon.
***ORIGINAL REVIEW June 8th, 2009***
Oh Dredg... Why do you insist on being so different from everyone else that you release sub-par material? Listen: It's not that this album is horrible, it's just not good. Simply put, it's just yawn inducing. Every band wants to be put into their own genre the only problem is you have to write good songs while doing it. Where as El Cielo had more heart and Catch Without had more catchy songs, this album just falls flat. I was able to download this album about three weeks ago from a Russian MP3 website and have listened to it over and over trying to find something that strikes my ear. If this is the Dredg we get when they are branching out from Interscope's umbrella - lord help us.
I'm not going to cover every song because honestly, it's not worth it. There are some good songs ex: "Saviour" & "Information." However, the rest of the album is just thrown away tracks. I invite you to find one song on here even remotely close to ANYTHING on El Cielo and Leitmotif. I really think they are joking with the tracks "Cartoon Showroom" & "RUOK". The crazy thing about it, with 18 tracks on this album, did they really need to even be included. The album even ends on a sour note ("Horizons") just to drive the point home.
Now listen, I realize that people are going to come on here and try to expand the album based on some sort of conceptual idea. I love the concept of Leitmotif and the concept of El Cielo although lets be honest, in today's music world that's such an out-played remark. That's great and all but there's one problem, the music needs to reflect the concept and attitude of the band. Unfortunately or fortunately for Dredg, they have to be held to standards of their previous albums. I do not want this review to take away from what Dredg has achieved musically in the past nine years. But based on their previous efforts I'm awarding it only two stars because I know Dredg can do better. Please Dredg, I'm begging you to do better.
Description of The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
Aggressive and beautiful, visceral and thoughtful, Dredg are set to release their highly anticipated release, The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion on Ohlone Recordings June 9, 2009. Produced by Matt Radosevich, "The Pariah..." marks the Bay Area band s fourth full-length studio album. On this release, Gavin Hayes (vocals, guitar), Drew Roulette (bass, moog, speak & spell, samples), Mark Engles (guitar) and Dino Campanella (drums, keys) combine to create equal parts punk aggression and metallic complexity - a sound that brings together the artistic instrumentation, haunting vocals and emotional intensity that is Dredg. Though driven by rhythms and guitars, "The Pariah..." is far from a typical rock album. Inspired in part by Salman Rushdie s essayImagine There's No Heaven: A Letter to the 6 Billionth Citizen, Dredg capture the madness of the modern world, particularly its battles over religion and science, within a musical missive to the future. Fittingly, "The Pariah..." is packaged and constructed like a letter, its songs and instrumental interludes connected by eerie, evocative Wurlitzer piano-and-voice segments. Diverse and textured, these intentional imperfections allow some of Dredg s mellowest recorded moments to mingle with some of their harshest. "The Pariah..." combines the raw power of the band s earliest records with both the epic, cinematic sweep and operatic ambition of "El Cielo" as well as the exceptional songwriting and searing ballast of "Catch Without Arms."
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