Jill Tracy - Diabolical Streak
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Free Music Review: Perplexingly tedious
Hit: 2 Stars
I like the sound, I like the mood, and I like the look. Jill Tracy has a nice style and the accompanying orchestra seems quite competent. Yet somehow this music, for me, is blander than silence. The lyrics, though superficially colorful, seem mostly aimless, and worse, the dynamics are utterly limp. These musicians are clearly skilled, but if they've put any passion onto this disc, then I must not know where to look for it. With one or two exceptions, every song has the same plodding tempo and modest intensity, straight through. I know these songs are about death, but that doesn't mean they have to be dreary. Case in point: the self-titled album by the Dresden Dolls, upon purchase of which Amazon prompted me to buy Diabolical Streak. That album has all the cleverness, sorrow, and life that this one lacks, and then some.Free Music Review: Pulling Your Eardrums Out
Hit: 2 Stars
My initial impression of this album is that it sounds campy as hell. Though the background music is actually pretty enjoyable, thus the 2 stars, but once Jill's voice saunters in, the blood-goth words that grate against the instrumentals come off as very cheesy and unconvincing. Actually, you could almost say that the vocals sound like a bad impression of Marylin Monroe. Almost.
And though Jill and the Dresden Dolls are not exactly comparable, I currently have Dresden Dolls in my stereo, and given the choice, I would take the Dresden Dolls over Diabolical Streak every time.
Free Music Review: Chinese water torture for your ears
Hit: 1 Stars
What can I say. Somehow I managed to order this album by mistake when I ordered the dresden dolls, but just to be sure I listened to it once through. Now, I am a pretty avid music lover, and most things I like - or at least I don't REALLY dislike. But as soon as I heard this, I knew I never wanted to hear it again. A lot of peole seem to like her, and she gets some great reviews, but maybe those people are just tired of the same recycled pop and confusing this nonsense with "originality". Its original all right. Originally bad. I guess its just not my sort of thing. The music is gloomy - creepy even. Her voice is erie in a way that grates on your nerves. It seems exactly like the sort of music the characters of "Crash" would listen to before they cracked up their cars and had sex in the wreckage. If thats what you're into, buy this album, you'll love it.