Centaur - In Streams
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Artist: CentaurEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-10-22
Music Label: Martian Go Home
Soundtracks:
- Life Begins
- Wait For The Sun
- The Same Place
- Strangers On 5
- Placencia
- Thimbles
- Fields
- In Streams
Free Music Notes for In Streams
Free Music Review: Head Hum honcho makes his own band
Hit: 5 Stars
The great Hum are gone, but Matt Talbott's Centaur are just as cool and exciting. The song "Life Begins" starts "In Streams" in a hopeful manner, and gives the album a questlike feel. Talbott's normally placid vocals are pitched higher, suggesting changes are afoot in his musical repertoire. "This is where my life begins," sings Talbott in a state of tranquil happiness; "This is how I want it to end," he adds, making for a touching, heartfelt beginning.
Actually, Centaur don't diverge THAT much from the classic Hum sound; you can tell this record is Talbott's baby, and the sound is all his own. These eight songs stretch out in a natural, sometimes pleasant, sometimes all-out rocking fashion. The sounds from "In Streams" are in no hurry to get anywhere. Mixed with Talbott's mellow, poetic lyrics, and his overall sense of tunefulness, "In Streams" is a real gem. Somehow the loud/soft/loud dynamic that Talbott records never gets old. "The Same Place" boasts speaker-blistering guitar fuzz, while the boxy drums are reminiscent of the old Hum sound heard on You'd Prefer an Astronaut. The tremendous "Strangers on 5" wanders serenely around with soft vocals and abstract lyrics: Everything relaxed, including the surprising organ melody that subtly pipes in, when, slowly, seven minutes into the song, big, fuzzy guitars come crashing in to liven up the atmosphere and eventually fade out the song. "Placencia" has a minor pop sound, vaguely last heard on Talbott's final Hum record, Downward Is Heavenward, as well as great guitar work. Similarly, "Thimbles" is Hum reincarnated. For an all-out rock barrage, however, "Fields" can't be beat. Its riff is sheer sonic force, vintage '90s guitar rock and roll. Live, this song must be awesome. Once more, Talbott sounds great on vocals.
The title track closes the album with a similar, albeit much slower, fuzz-guitar flourish, and a cool, high-pitched '80s synth sound. From soft to hard, hard to soft, plus a very philosophical lyrical outlook, the song "In Streams" allows the entire album to come together -- and end -- perfectly. When the song slows down, its guitar melody is similar, I swear to God, to Def Leppard's 1987 power ballad "Hysteria" from Hysteria. The song -- and thus the album -- ends on a long, eerie synth sound.
"In Streams" is mostly a mood album, best heard at once, each song flowing into the next. Centaur is a unique band, hopefully a band that will stay together and record for a while, in the absence of Hum.
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