Friday, March 21, 2014

MP3 REVIEW: Shocking Pinks "Guilt Mirrors" (Stars & Letters Records) [Part 2 of 3]



            One of the first things to stand out about the second disc of “Guilt Mirrors” is that some of these songs can be rather short, and some can be rather long.   The longer songs are instrumental and there only really a few with vocals in this distorted beacon of noise.   This could be a supplement to Nine Inch Nails’ “The Fragile”, but it also manages to stand on its own grounds and merits.

            When thinking about Shocking Pinks putting out a three disc set, you have to wonder why.   If it felt like three separate albums, then it’d be easy enough to release them individually yet still have them connected somehow like Green Day did that one time when they got a fourth member.

            The third song is remixed at the eighth spot, and oddly enough is quite quiet and brooding, perhaps not the type of song ripe for remixing, but it somehow works.   There is also a song which feature Gemma Syme and that sounds like a sort of female country/folk song.


            These songs definitely seem to flow well and just tell part of a larger story when accompanied by the first disc, and though they could stand alone on their own they are best listened to in one giant adventure.  Let’s just hope now that we can go forward and say the same about the third disc as well.  

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