House of Wires: You Are Obsolete
- Busy
- Where is My Mind?
- Everything Lies in Ruins
- Latency
- Breathe
- Long Lost
- Mother
- Tree of Knowledge
- Death is a Beginning
- When Words Fall
- Final Moment
- Violin
While House of Wires composed interesting mixtures of Drum'n'Bass and lush
keyboard, their vocals simply do not flow with their music. The calculating
rhythm of the percussion and analogue warble of the synthesizers sound wrong
along side Synth-Pop vocals. The vocals are too sugary sweet and happy for my
tastes and for the music. The groove of the music deserves a rap style cadence
vocal, not a wimpy Depeche Mode vocalist. While I enjoy the drive, mood and
rhythm of the music, the vocals ruin this entire album for me. My suggestion
is for the this duo to re-examine the message they want their music to evoke
before writing any more new music together.
House of Wires are: John Sonnenberg & Rob Gutschow
Contact:
Tooth & Nail Records
P.O. Box 12698
Seattle, WA 98111
E-mail: houseofwires@hotmail.com
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