Bloodflowers

                                                       


     I've already covered the Smiths on this blog but now its time to cover another gloomy 80's band, The Cure. I had to write at least one article about these guys. They have a lot of really great albums but I chose this one because one, I really enjoy it and two, I feel like it has a very unique sound compared to their other stuff. The songs on this album sound a lot more like soundscapes if that makes any sense. A lot of the Cure's earlier work sounds a lot less droney and is more to the point. Their earlier sound is really classic and great but I think its cool how they sort of changed things up a little bit with this album but, where careful not to change too much.

    My favorite songs off this album are, Watching Me Fall, Where The Birds Always Sing and, Maybe Someday. Watching Me Fall is a really good example of what I mean when I say that I feel like this album has more soundscape like elements to it. In the beginning theres like this really light twinkly guitar then it goes in to this really droney and repetitive lead guitar. It almost reminds me a little bit of the shoe gaze genre which I think is really cool. Where Birds Always Sing also starts off with some very interesting light guitar. This arpeggio plays right at the beginning that is really brief but also captures this unsettling feeling really well. Then the droney guitar comes in again and, for a little while theres like two lead parts that work really well with each other. Eventually one of the guitars switches over to rhythm guitar but, I think its really cool how they have those two guitars playing off each other in that way. Maybe Someday is the final song I want to talk about off this album. The lead guitar on this song again reminds me of shoegaze. It has this really droney up and down sound that just screams shoe gaze to me. Im not sure what else to say about this song but, its just a really good and solid song.

  Overall, The Cure are just a super classic band and all though I'm not sure if id recommend this album to someone first getting in to the Cure, I think its a very strong and important album in their discography.


                                              

                                                                        Butterfly Joe

    This is a really fun album. It's a project by Joseph Genaro and Dean Sabatino. Some people might know them as the guitarist/singer and drummer from, The Dead Milkmen. I guess calling this album "fun" is a little weird considering how dark this album can gets at times. Even though the topics of these songs definitely do get dark, Joe conveys such a playful feeling in his songwriting. This playfulness is what really cements his sound on all his projects, ranging from The Dead Milkmen to his later solo stuff. That's one thing that's so great about all the projects Joe is on. If you like some of his stuff, there's so much more you can explore that you will probably also enjoy.

   Some of my favorite songs off this album are, Fancy Walls, Seventeen, Little Pill, and the song called April, May, June, July. The song Fancy walls is the first song I really enjoy off this album. It kind of has this relaxing whimsical feeling to it and it sort of just chugs along. The second song I want to point out on this album is the one called Seventeen. This one is a little more upbeat then Fancy Walls and it has a lot of nostalgia for me. I use to listen to this song a lot when I would take late night drives back when I was in highschool. Joe Genaro sings it in this tone of voice that sounds kind of like he's bored but, it also sounds really nice. Overall, this song really reminds me of the feeling of youth. The third song I'd like to highlight is the one called Little Pill. This song is a little depressing but is also really good. Finally, the last song I have to talk about off this album is the one called, April, May, June, July. This song Is again more upbeat and I really like the guitar in the beginning. For some reason it kind of reminds me of the Cure, which of course is a very good thing.