{"id":14752,"date":"2015-06-01T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=14752"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:51:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:51:02","slug":"content-needed-concert-review-saigon-kick-may-31-2015-buford-ga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=14752","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The Exploding Eyes Orchestra &#8211; I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/explodingeyes1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-14841\" src=\"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/explodingeyes1.jpg\" alt=\"explodingeyes1\" width=\"298\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a>The Exploding Eyes Orchestra &#8211; I<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Release Date:<\/strong> June 12, 2015<br \/>\n<strong>Label<\/strong>: Svart Records<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve read this blog for any amount of time, you\u2019ll know that I am a huge fan of Jess and the Ancient Ones so when I learned that guitarist\/songwriter Thomas Corpse had another project under his belt you can bet your ass I was excited. The Exploding Eyes Orchestra is a collective band made up of 5\/7 of Finnish occult rockers Jess and the Ancient Ones. One might wonder just what the point is of having another band project that features nearly every member of another band. Just how different can it be?<\/p>\n<p>The psychedelic fuzz rock\/organ infused \u201cThe Smoke\u201d kicked things off and right away I felt this shit eating grin take over my face. The distinct, soulful, powerful voice of lead vocalist Jasmin Saarela cuts through the fuzz like butter as she leads this band of merry psych rockers through what sounds like a vintage 60\u2019s era garage rock masterpiece. \u201cCrazy Heart\u201d followed next actually sounding like it very well could have been a long lost Mazzy Star song featuring some mesmerizing guitar playing from Thomas Corpse while accented with subtle piano creating a very eerie, floaty kind of vibe.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/200802288&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Leadoff single \u201cMy Father the Wolf\u201d is the most Jess and the Ancient Ones sounding song on the album but that is not a bad thing at all. I mean, at some point I was expecting something to sound a bit like JATAO being that you can only stray so far from it. \u201cDrawing Down the West\u201d has the Orchestra tapping deep into their Doors influence with Saarela giving her finest vocal performance on the album. \u201cBlack Hound\u201d is a spectacular number mixing spoken word dialog but it was \u201cFarewell to All-In-One\u201d that I feel is the highlight of the album. Saarela\u2019s natural, powerful voice really channels the jazz singers of old as she croons her way through this epic 7 \u00bd psychedelic gloom (not doom, gloom) masterpiece. It also gives the album a sense of irresolution which I love so much. It leaves you wanting more and feeling like they weren\u2019t quite finished.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s the deal. After listening to this one three times, I loved it with each and every listen. It\u2019s so beautifully produced that I also noticed different subtleties in the instrumentation with each passing listen. I also feel like I can hear a difference between the two. There are enough similarities here that if you\u2019re a Jess and the Ancient Ones fan, you\u2019ll absolutely love The Exploding Eyes Orchestra but be prepared to hear and entity that is all its own.<\/p>\n<p>The Exploding Stars Orchestra has put out and truly spectacular album that is an amazing listening experience. This is the kind of album that reminds me just how this kind of music should be done. It also reminds me just how much I love hearing this kind of music. It\u2019s music made by people who truly have a passion for this kind of music as opposed to music being made by hipsters because it\u2019s \u201ccool\u201d or \u201ctrendy.\u201d The Exploding Eyes Orchestra is the real deal and I just love that with them, I\u2019m now getting double the music from one of my all-time favorite bands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Exploding Eyes Orchestra &#8211; I Release Date: June 12, 2015 Label: Svart Records If you\u2019ve read this blog for any amount of time, you\u2019ll know that I am a huge fan of Jess and the Ancient Ones so when I learned that guitarist\/songwriter Thomas Corpse had another project under his belt you can bet your ass I was excited. The Exploding Eyes Orchestra is a collective band made up of 5\/7 of Finnish occult rockers Jess and the Ancient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[1117,1372,1325],"class_list":["post-14752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news","tag-jess-and-the-ancient-ones","tag-svart-records","tag-the-exploding-eyes-orchestra"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19727,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14752\/revisions\/19727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}