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[Review] Eve To Adam ‘Banquet For A Starving Dog’

Published

13 years ago

September 22, 2011

Hailing from New York City, Eve To Adam have ben rocking the underground scene like a tidal wave for several years. Now, with Banquet For A Starving Dog, they are hitting the mainstream with full force and wild energy. However, does their album stack up or does it fall prey to becoming one of countless generic fillers? Check after the jump for the answer.

The album opens up with the current single, Run Your Mouth, a hard-rocking arena style anthem. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up as a WWE anthem or something along those lines. It has the energy, intensity, lyrical content, and a perfect ending for one of those events.

The album sounds great with each instrument clear and focused. What I loved hearing was that there were many different guitar tones used, which allowed for each song to stand apart from each other, although the end product is undeniably Eve To Adam.

The album kicks off with some fantastic songs (My Vanity is one of my favorites off the album) but suffers from a mid-section that seems to drop the energy and drag a song or two too long. Even with that being said, the songs individually are very solid and dynamically a lot of fun.

The Final Word: Although it suffers from a weak mid-section, Banquet For A Starving Dog is unashamed radio-aimed hard rock that does it far better than most of what hits the airwaves.

JonathanBarkan

Managing editor/music guy/social media fella of Bloody-Disgusting

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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

Published

2 weeks ago

April 9, 2024

John Squires

It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…