It is always debatable, as it is purely ironic: Industrial Music’s purpose was to set a new trend; a narrative clarifying the themes in modern society, by especially avoiding the stale rules or standards put in place by the forbearers. As its earlier forms (Punk etc.) blatantly failed to disassociate with the slave’s blues (and hence the progressive purity of Rock) Industrial seems to have fed on its own tail, as it had been declared ‘Anti-music’.
Truth is: whenever a person picks a guitar (whether plugged or unplugged) and pluck more than one –simultaneous- notes on it, it is bound to produce Rock ‘n’ Roll…
Well… sorry for the boring history (genre) lesson. But it had to be imparted; in an effort to comment or depict Dead Happy.
They are being called ‘Freaky Disco Metal’, the name might sound funny, but it does make sense! AND it would clearly help them to get out of the ‘Industrial’ tag or label. Their influences do seem to come from the music of Nine Inch Nails and Mindless Self Indulgence, but they run ahead and differentiate; maybe by a hair’s breadth.
Dead Happy came into being around 2012, based in West Midlands, the dynamic duo Jason Oakley and Jamie Hough have been producing a unique blend of electronica and metallic mayhem.
Where Jason handles: vocals, keyboards and programming of music, while Jamie takes care of guitars and bass (also providing a hand on keyboards when needed)
Along with freaky music, Dead Happy has the capacity of entertaining their audiences with complementing live shows (which defines their sound following)
They were signed by Coffee Jingle Records Label in the late 2014, and their debut EP ‘Banana God’ has been released on 31 January 2015, there are at least 3 different mixes of the song available right now, and it is a must listen for Rock, Metal, Party, Soundtracks’ lovers alike.
So do check it out!
Band Links:
Website = www.deadhappyband.com
Facebook Page = www.facebook.com/DeadhappyBand
Soundcloud Page = soundcloud.com/deadhappy
The debut album by (Ottawa, Canada based) The Cardboard Crowns has pleasantly convinced me that the ‘Dead Art Era’ is finally behind us.
I developed this ‘discourse’ especially listening to their latest album ‘Assumption’. The output is varying in sounds from RnB to Heavy Metal. Some songs play like ‘Red Hot Chili Pepper’ and some appear to have fallen out of Robert Plant’s retro Led Zeppelin closet.
The music produced by this dynamic trio can be called ‘Experimental’, but this is the third studio album by Slow Burning Cars, so I would stick with the ‘Progressive’ element. To name a few from the past albums, the song ‘Fabien’s Stroll’ from their second album ‘The Scattering – Vol.2’, gave me some goose bumps. Its eerie, it’s psychedelic, and it is much more enchanting than any other (ballad) songs they produced. My second pick would be ‘The Scorpio Complex’ for its raw n inclusive psychedelic experimentation; it sounds as if the whole band got into a minivan and recoded it live….
The above statement is a light in the dark for all lovers of heavy and pounding sounds of ‘Heavy Metal’ and Rock: from those who have had cut down their locks and cried in the night hearing Justin Biebers’ being played over and over on the radio, to those who have sold their soul and taken the distortion pedals out of the effect’s chain –to produced cleaner/lighter sounds- just to feed their (Sunday School going) kids…
The Silver Comet has been visible in the music galaxy for quite a while now, although not as commonly spotted by music lovers. The only reason I could think of (for the lapse in our observation) is their experimentation with the genre; they seem to be gradually shifting from hard Alternative Rock sound to subdued Soft/Classic Rock (Covers of Beatles to Radiohead and then back again to Harder Sounds)
Well there is definitely something mysterious about singer/songwriter Ricardo Monteiro who is also known as Screaming Culture, apart from his music that is, it is unbelievable that such a talented artist has been around in music circles since 2009 and haven’t bothered to leave trails of diehard fans and ‘Screamer Chicks’ behind him.
