Sri Lanka: Here
- Mantra
- Beyond the Pain
- Fountains of Mirage
- Here
- X
- Lucinda
- Reaching
- Fields of Everafter (superheavypowergoththing remix)
Mantra drifts into a middle eastern woodwind sound, punctuated by wafting
voices, with occasional thundering drums and percussion which flows suddenly
into Beyond the Pain. Light guitars merge with mild synth work, percussion and
Eddie Vedder like vocalist. Fountains of Mirage builds upon the guitar, and
drives the goth pop sound into the open. Here purveys biblical lyrics with
mourning sad vocals, and strong guitar chords. X is very Pearl Jam like, but
without the stupid Grunge style guitars, substituting a healthy bass guitar in
it place. Lucinda returns to a classical and mildly tribal guitar and drum
pattern, with soothing vocals building into a strong Seattle sound. Reaching is
another strong guitar piece very reminiscent of Pearl Jam in every way. Fields
of Everafter begins with a watery metallic rhythm, a very chords on a keyboard,
and storms into a solid wall of guitars and intelligent lyrics. Sri Lanka,
while sounding a great deal like a Pearl Jam at times, still has many things
going for it, mostly the keyboard area. Ear catching rhythms, percussion, and
synth work return this band from the brink of sounding just like every other
Seattle clone. Highly recommended if you like a light pop guitar, mixed with a
goth electronic sound.
Sri Lanka is:
Jose Maldonado - vocals
Eric Stein - guitar
Jeffrey Erb - bass guitar
Robert Studt - keyboards
Michael Chairs - drums
Contact:
Neverland Records
P.O. Box 311
Devon, PA 19333
E-mail: vlad@netaxs.com
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