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LEAH STARGAZING |
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Jonathan Mariante
Leah Stargazing are a five
piece from Rhode Island who play pop flavored punk rock, with a raucous
edge, like the Ramones meets Offspring. This is their debut album, and
most of the fourteen songs on it are upbeat, energetic, fast paced punk/pop
tunes. On most of the songs, they also through in some electronic, 80's
new wave style keyboards, like bands such as the Cars and Missing Persons
used, adding a somewhat different touch to their music. A few songs are
a little different, such as the slower paced tunes "Generic Love Song"
and "Second Chances And Old Photographs", which has a Beatles flavor to
it; the unplugged "On What I've Heard", which is still played quite fast;
and the ballad "I Can't Stop This Ever Changing World", which closes the
album. This song also has some Beatles influence, and is quite long, at
almost eight minutes. Aside from those songs, the rest of the album is
rocking opus with a lot of energy and attitude, that makes you want to
get up and mosh! The band plays quite well and has written some catchy
little ditties here. Some that stood out for me were opening track "My
Stereo" (a good theme song for any rock and roll aficionado! Check out
the words and you'll see what I mean! If I had to pick a favorite song
from this album, this would be it.), "Stick Around", "Expect The Worst",
"Disarray", "Its What You Do", and "Three Days Too Long". A worthy debut
effort all around.
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