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Wesafari Alaska
Op-Amp Records
Thank you for purchasing Wesafari’s new album, Alaska, from Op-Amp
Records,
2005. After inserting the disc into your digital audio device of
choice,
press play and immediately secure earplugs. Do not remove until
completion
of Track One, titled "Shooting Stars." Failure to do so will result in
intensified ear cramps. See: Hazards, page 89 in the handbook. For more
information, begin an online engine search and type in: William
Shatner.
For tracks resembling Radiohead’s Amnesiac and The Bends, continue on
through the album.
The title track is a wander song, with whispering
lyrics
that are a step up from "Shooting Stars." A wide range of foreign
instruments are used in this record, such as: churango, nyckleharpe,
ahnklung, chalumeaux, shakuhachi, gu zheng, shruti box and the djembe.
Also
included are eccentric additions, including: a mailing tube, an
elevator
shaft, printing factory, gallery fountain, subway, and bodies.
Beatboxing and
chimes are also applied. This plethora of instrumental clamor are a
crucial
point in providing a realm of flavour to the band.
The band, by the way, is filed as Wolf Carr, Casey Alexander, and Rick
and
Andy Wright, who emanate from the nation’s grunge-capitol, Seattle, WA.
Now proceed and skip to Track Five, titled "Whale Boy." Here you will
notice
the Radiohead influence again. This is the ‘Paranoid Android’ epic
writing
and production style with Wesafari’s eastern touch.
If you enjoy Snow Patrol, see ‘Irish bands’ and ‘lo-fi’ in the
glossary. It
will be an additional plus to you to know that the vocalist also
reaches
beautiful poetic heights in Track Four - "The Path of Least
Resistance."
Wesafari has taken quite a lesson along the way, but the greatest seems
to
have been provided by being mentored by Radiohead, and thoroughly
counseled by Snow Patrol.
As an advance warning, take note that the vocals get lost, and don’t
always
know where to go. As heard in select tracks, they waiver at times.
Track
Six, "Forget The Dark," has chopped stanzas and short, hacked lyrics.
The
music is empowering, but it is hard to avoid the words. Please use your
earplugs for further assistance if needed.
URGENT: For incredible lyricism, please skip forward to Track Seven,
"From
Glacier To Sea." Pay close attention to this sovereign track. Included
is a
paralleled analogy about breaking free from a constraining, cold
relationship. Definition: Escaping from something immense and
in-the-way to
open freedom. From the glacier to the sea.
Ending with that final breakdown, I bring you to the closing part of
our
tutorial: How To Enjoy A Reviewed Wesafari Album. We appreciate your
business and thank you for using OneTimesOne. *Side A Complete. Please
eject
and insert Side B, How To Properly Compliment Your Shag Carpet.*
