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Capsize Your Surroundings REVIEW
I knew I loved this immediately; I just wasn’t sure which words to use to best express my love for it. In fact, I’m still not sure I know which words to use . . . so I’ll just dive into this. The music is poppy, but progressive, and the production work is crisp and much more polished than one would expect from a traditional D.I.Y. product. But D.I.Y. it is.
The back story of this release goes something along these lines: Night Artery is a one man project, brought to light by the massively talented Ross Arundale. Our hero wanted, like most kids who knew how to play a few chords on their guitar, to be a rocker, faced much disappointment, realized that he had a burning ambition, worked his ass off to make a few bucks so he could afford to do things his way, purchased all of the gear he could, learned how to use it, then wrote, recorded, and produced this, his first release, Capsize Your Surroundings. Seriously. Not even I could make up something like this.
Capsize Your Surroundings is a progressive pop disc, but categories almost feel like a disservice to music as broad and ambitious as this. Ross’ approach to the song writing is unpredictable and unorthodox, as the music sounds unlike anything I’ve heard before. Sure, I can hear a bit of Beatles influence, but strictly in a sonic approach and experimentation, not in song structure or melody. The songs are moody pieces of texturally intense music. No instrument is spared as the good Mr. Arundale incorporates cellos, violins, and piano to accent the typical rock oriented guitar, bass, and drums, but don’t go thinking that this is some classical piece of music. Yeah, there are some pretty heavy symphonic portions to the music, but nothing you have to wear a tuxedo for. It rocks in a poppy kind of way and is simply dripping with amazing melodies. It’s freaking intense, man. There’s so much going on that there’s no possible way to grasp the heaviness of it with just one listen.
I guess one could compare Night Artery to the contemporary soundings of Coldplay, Spoon, or possibly Radiohead, but that comparison would have to be stylistically speaking only, not in overall sound. Capsize Your Surroundings sounds like a huge production team was involved with it, and for that I can only sit here and shake my head. I’ve heard big budget albums sound worse . . . considerably worse. The musicianship here is masterful. The production value is stronger than the American dollar (what isn't these days?) The performances are passionate. The songwriting is unconventional. And, it’s one man doing it on his own. Sometimes, life just isn’t fair.
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