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A Texas Funeral - Views And Platitudes Of A Dreary Mind
Compagnie de disque: Fight The Mentality Records
En magasin le: 08 août 2008
Date de la critique: 29 septembre 2008
Auteur: Isabelle
Cote: 8/10
Additionnez des gens qui ne se connaissent que très peu à une passion commune pour la musique et vous obtiendrez un rassemblement de quatre gars avides d'étaler leur talent au grand jour. Pavlo (le guitariste) a décidé de passer des auditions pour un nouveau projet et a finalement trouvé Chris pour la basse, Daniel pour le chant et Bill pour la batterie. Ensemble, ils forment A TEXAS FUNERAL.Gageons que le 8 août 2008 sera certainement à jamais gravé dans leur mémoire. C'est à L'Alizé aux côtés de VINYL HERO et THE HOT STREAK que la formation a lancé son tout premier album intitulé Views And Platitudes Of A Dreary Mind. Déjà THE FLATLINERS et MUCH THE SAME ont fait parti de leur aventure en partageant les planches avec eux pour quelques représentations.
Me semblant jouer sur la note de l'honnêteté et de l'intégrité,A TEXAS FUNERAL est loin de paraître superficiel. Sans flafla et sans artifice, il nous explose sa musique à la figure avec une justesse incroyable. On dirait que chaque détail a sa place étudiée. On a l'impression que cet album a été pensé et pesé avec un soucis des plus étonnants et ça résulte en quelque chose de potentiellement quasi parfait. Le groupe se promène du rock au indie en ne négligeant pas le progressif. Le résultat ressemble à une heureuse combinaison des formations MONEEN et A WILHELM SCREAM. Le tout est un mélange de guitares ultra-rapides qui décapent, d'un chanteur à la voix particulièrement saisissante et de mélodies enlevantes et survoletées. Cependant, un des hics majeurs est que ça ne sort pas de l'ordinaire. Les pièces sont bonnes et entraînantes mais c'est un peu du déjà vu. Ils compensent leur manque d'originalité en étant des musiciens hors-pair qui ont un talent indéniable et impressionnant. Sans cela, je dirais que ça aurait pu être un album assez ordinaire. Toutefois, j'insiste pour dire que ce groupe a une passion contagieuse pour la musique et qu'il a l'air prêt à se donner cœur, corps et âme dans ce qu'il fait de mieux: de la musique sans compromis.
Les titres qui rendent le mieux justice à leur talent sont Carthartic et Passive Masquerade. Dès que leurs premiers accords résonnent, c'est comme un déchaînement qui frappe et toute cette passion nous prend par surprise. La seule chanson qui n'a pas capté mon attention dans le bon sens est Blanc Emotions. Une plainte constante qui ne termine jamais et qui est beaucoup trop longue pour rien, mais de toute façon, il n'y a rien de parfait. Pour terminer, ils ont produit un vidéoclip pour leur simple Monochrome Rendition qui joue déjà à la télévision.
Je crois que tous leurs efforts leur permettent déjà d'être respectés dans le milieu. Si leur but est de faire leur marque sur la scène montréalaise, je dirais que cette direction est grandement entreprise. Je vous suggère donc fortement de jeter un coup d'oeil au matériel de la formation et de vous procurer Views And Platitudes Of A Dreary Mind.
+ : Le disque s'écoute facilement
- : Manque d'originalité
Chanson préférée: Cathartic
- PunkMeUp
Discography
Album:
Views and Platitudes Of A Dreary Mind
Singles:
"Monochrome Rendition"
Video's On rotation on Candian MTV:
"Monochrome Rendition"
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Bio
Our project started in 2005 when five young rockers from all over Canada met up to discuss art, music and the trials and tribulations of everyday life. This motley crew were not child hood friends rather strangers who held certain beliefs in common. Pavlo and Chris found each other on a local message board, the two had very different tastes in music (Pavlo coming from the Hardcore/Prog Metal scene and Chris coming from the Punk/Pop Rock scene) but they shared the same goals and principals. They decided to invited a drummer, Singer and second guitar player to come out jam and see what would come of it.
It was clear to Pavlo and Chris that despite their different musical tastes they were meant to work together and that they were creating something ground-breaking. What was also clear was that they would need to find a proper Drummer and Vocalist as the others who auditioned didn’t share the same mentality as the two who would eventually become A Texas Funeral. Sadly this would be the theme for the years to come in. After holding multiple auditions the two found a rhythm section to round out the band and started work on their first EP. With Eric on Drums and Daniel on Vocals, it wasn’t long before the band had an EP worth of music and they took to the studio to record all the while playing shows regularly and keeping an active presence in the local scene. The months passed and many shows where played, finally after nearly 8 months in their home studio and having recorded the songs more than once, the band came out with an EP they though worthy of representing their name. A Texas Funeral hit the road for their first tour opening up for the Ataris on many of their Canadian dates, as well as opening for The Reason and Ghost of Modern Man. But the highlight show of theirs summer was definitely opening for Canadian Indie Band Choke on their Farewell tour, whom the band holds in high regards for their professionalism and musical talent . It was at that show that A Texas Funeral came in contact with Stu, owner of Fight the Mentality records. Stu was taken aback by A Texas Funeral’s raw power and innovative style. Stu immediately began talks with A Texas Funeral on signing them to a record contract. A Texas Funeral has signed with Fight the Mentality records and is set to have their first EP released through them.
After the summer tours the band took to working with Director Ryan Mullins (Eye Steal Films) to bring their single to life with the bands first music video. Monochrome Rendition was chosen for it’s catchy hooks, indie sound, and metal-ish guitar riffs, a perfect representation of the bands heavy and melodic side. After spending a couple of months editing the video and playing shows, sadly A Texas Funeral’s singer needed to relocate to Toronto to take a job building robots (not kidding). And the hunt began for a new singer, while they searched A Texas Funeral took the time to work on the promotion aspect of the band. With the local scene already abuzz with the new talent it was not hard to promote the bands name. A Texas funerals single Monochrome Rendition was purchased for a television commercial on Musique Plus. Music Plus is a Major cable network in Quebec akin to MTV in the United States. A Texas Funeral also secured a spot on a compilation (D-TOX –Xmas Comp over 40 000 copies sold) with great bands artists such as Wolf Parade and Protest the hero.
A Texas Funeral has never taken a minute to stop and relax. They realize this is also business, and in business it takes hard work and a professional attitude to get ahead. After meeting with over 30 singers, A Texas Funeral found what it was looking for in Karen Allan. Having just left her band Karen was aching to make some music and ATF was the perfect outlet for her. Her dedication and ability to adapt to this new and enteric style suit both her and A Texas Funeral.
Now armed with a new vocalist A Texas Funeral are working on a video for their first single off their New EP as well as completing their First Full length with Fight the mentality records.
For More Info/Mp3's/Video:
www.myspace.com/thisisatexasfuneral
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