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Board of Aves are inhabitants of the woods of Palokka near the city of Jyväskylä, Finland. With influences from the alternative pop/metal genre did the band change directions through out the years and is now releasing their first full-length album. The sound very much in the progressive rock style and the guitars are leaden, but the singing I would say is in the pop/rock genre. A bit particular and exciting is that they have chosen to bypass the the usual pitfalls that young/new bands often want to plagiarize the bigger bands, and for that they got some bonus points for originality in their melancholic sound image! Elias
Puukari on vocals and guitar is the front man and
creator of the music on Board
of Aves' album 'Decade After'. I like
the sound, vocals, songs and I even accept the
so-so production, but will I appreciate this band
after 20-25 listenings? I don't think so. They
fail to tickle my musical nerve-pathways to the
extent that I can appreciate the album enough. Overall rating is not higher than a nonchalant
shrug. The energy, determination and the talent is
there, but they don't find my heart. There are
some songs that reache deeper into my old worn-rock soul.
'Settled Mind', 'Deepest Dreams' and 'Wasted' will be listened
to in the future. The rest ... no. Not for me .. Fans of
alternative, melancholic rock /metal might find this
band interesting. |
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