Gatsbys American Dream - Ribbons & Sugar
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Artist: Gatsbys American DreamEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-07-22
Music Label: Rocketstar
Soundtracks:
- The Taming
- We're Not Orphans
- Epilogue
- Work Lieis Sex Love Fear Hate Friendship
- A Manifesto Of Tangible Wealth
- Snicker At The Swine
- Asparition
- Cut The Strings
- The Horse You Rode In On
- Recondition, Reprogram, Reactivate
- Counterfeit Language
Music reviews of Ribbons & Sugar
Music Review: Emo Bands, Quit, Your Finished
Rating: 5 Stars
Man, don't even compare this band to the likes of the emo trash out there. Don't even compare the vocals to sissies like chris carabba, patrick stump, and adam lazzara. It definitely isn't a low voice, but it's kind of in the same boat as Ben Folds, can go really high but never sounds anything emo (Emo vocals=annoying, stale, whiny, sissy, a disgrace to all men, etc), Emo bands are probably their most distant cousin, and that distant is about a thousand miles. I don't consider this band emo. Gatsby's American Dream is pretty unclassifable, or at least doesn't fit into one particular genre.
Ribbons and Sugar is only 28 minutes long, but three songs feel more complete than a whole album by ________ tards like fallout boy, hawthorne heights, and it accomplishes more than most bands accomplish in their entire careers (and do everything a million times better, too). They do this by pretty much rejecting all structures of music, never repeating anything, and not following typical song structures (intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, outro). I call their songs a bunch of passages, and they can any length, from the whole song (The Horse You Rode in On) to a mere ten seconds or so (like the intro to Counterfeit Language). Describing the variety of this album would take forever, so just listen for yourself. If you like catchy guitar rock/pop, you would probably adore this album (listening to this makes me wish I could play guitar beyond simple strumming).
And the lyrics themselves, well, Ribbons and Sugar is said to be a refrence to Animal Farm, The Horse You Rode In On starts with Nic singing about a book, and their name is based on The Great Gatsby after all. In short, no self pity sad-sack whining on this album. I like the line to the end of Apparation "Time to fight, time to fight, time to be a better man!". I even heard that Recondition, Reprogram, Reactivate was about playing Halo, though this was unconfirmed from somebody who said they heard it from a radio station of some random guy that wasn't part of the band. And you probably could relate to this, after all, books are about what humans go through. So the lyrics beat out pretty much everything that their retarded, distant cousins try to pass as meaning full. Yeah right.
So it isn't exactly perfect, as a bit of the vocals are difficult to stomach (The Horse You Rode In On, Apparation, and We're Not Orphans have about four to eight seconds of vocals that borderline on emo), and It occasionally falls in the trap of boring pop punk (that's not saying much, since those parts are usually over in the time it takes me to walk to the kitchen, and not back). It's not my favorite album by Gatsby's American Dream, but it's addicting and bursts with so many passages you'll have to listen quite a bit. Recommended even for emo haters, after all, this band is too good to be called emo. Sing along, rock out, air guitar, air bass, and air drum. NOW!!!!!!!
9.5/10
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