Soundtrack of Our Lives

[Semjaza]

I bought Soundtrack of Our Lives' CD, Behind the Music, because I saw a few people mention how good it is... That and I randomly saw it at Best Buy for $6.99 one day. It has a copyright of 2002 on it, but I never even heard anyone talk about it til late this year and it was stuck in the New Releases section. They had an EP back in 2000 though.

It's a pretty good rock album. I didn't really like it at first, but if you listen to the whole thing through it becomes pretty apparent that they are pretty talented (they apparently are great live as well). It has this whole oldschool classic rock sound to it (like 60s/70s), and it was kind of offputting at first... but I grew to appreciate it and the fact that no one seems to go for this sound anymore... with the exception of Stone Roses, who do it better.

However, it's kind of double edged sword... because it makes nothing on it feel truly unique. You can detect so many parts in it that sound almost exactly like songs from way back then... it feels like they took Rolling Stones songs and rearranged them at times. I guess in a nutshell, it's a bit too derivative.

Still, I think it's good to listen to... and when the band gets far enough to truly develop its own sound, they could be something really unique and special (which happens quite a lot actually; Lenny Kravitz is a good example, even though I'm not really a fan of his).

Anyway, has anyone else heard of this group?

If you want to try some tracks... Check out Mind the Gap, Independent Luxury and Broken Imaginary Time.

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[Mitch]

[color=red] I was going top check them out...but seeing as my parents are being such bastards, I shall have to force you to give me some.[/color]

[Semjaza]

Well, thanks for the response. We'll try that hosting thing I suggested last night, since your AOL is blocking pretty much everything.

Anyway, another thread bites the dust and falls down the list into mediocrity.