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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1995)
Live Rock ‘n Roll 7 Nights ,1 Week Tuesday© & Saturdays Road Bands from San Francisco, Vault* and f asl ( rust Sundays & Mondays I (k al Bands ( hti k ( hit ( hit Nightly Sfn*c ijls Burrito Boy Taqueria N(*xt to Swinger's SWGfts A m fboHtciue, 535 Main Si., Springfield • 747*0307 Last Chance to See \ti extraordinary < I) ROM about one of the most mysterious planets our ou n f Lvrr ' (nv\<T.. , lo .si I tiler vv.irs of writing about life «m other planets ometel Doughs slants teamed up ss ith zoologist Mark t.ar*anline to invest (gate lik' on tlus oik- Traveling to remote cotikts t»f tin1 globe they visited endangered species stinking tin animals unpcrtlcd status .uni tin- efforts being made to protect tin in Uikih funm ami deeply [xuyji.mt this two (.!> l\OM set i;iss s an intimate\rwnt some of the rare-a and most intriguing inhabitants of Planet fifth Microcomputer Support Center 202 Computing Center • 3464402 Momtay-friOay Om-Sw e-mail: mpp® Oregon PJ Harvey releases best effort yet rot she pass tew years she Brits haven s brought font’ any great ” Me -.1 o! the recent British bands have been regurgitating already expiated musical paths, like Bush wtx> seem so be trying to cash in on the ‘grunge sound.* stealing rifts and the image ot the Seattle bands Bus among the heap ot trash are hidden treasures and Potty Jean Harvey *s ono of them Th '■ young woman rue, show that the muse scene on the other side o< the Atlantic is not competeiy dead W<th her debut Dry PJ Harvey got much criicai acclaim lor a raw and angry record The lot • iw 4> H<tof Me * tv. .i b-t more accessible but sWl not forgiving PJ Harvey wasn't about to make ret mus*e easy tor the its, tener to understand W! M, i Harvey has matured musically and has created an a'bum with a diverse and powerful sound PJ Harvey s muse >*> st<ti com plex and not easy to compre hood at fast listen The most rvotcaaPe change from her pre vious releases ts the larger emphasis on her voce To Bring 'lou M\ I me Pj Htirxrt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a good thing, because it's very power fui and unfortunate ly was often d'owned out on toe f^SS two albums there is I ' ' A U range cm instruments used on this album such as the piano, strings and organs This pro vides mere variety and an inter esting angle to the argo'y guitar based sound This album takes you on an emotonai nde • from the angry Me<-t /e *.< ■ '.,ta to tt o nclan i no , '( Mr ■ B y' and the sub tle tx.'auty I ‘ "Uh to Many ot the songs start out slower and bn d up Otters weave through complex bndges and changes Throughout the album is an underlaying feeling ot tension stored up, as ft PJ Harvey was about to take a huge load oft her shoulders, but can't do ■! One ■wafts tor a release an explo sion ot emotion put ft never comes The band does a realty good job of supporting Pj Harvey s Singing The d'ums are Sigh! and (he bass >s extremely effec five in providing a backdrop for Harvey s voice An example of Shis is fhe first single, ‘Down by the Water.* where the bass and drums pound away while Har vey bet's ou! the song One of the best tracks on this alburn is ‘Tecfo,” which starts out with very quiet guitar and Harvey singing very low making her voice sound extremely pow ertuf and ominous it is very difficult to descr-be the sound of this album, because it is so varied and dif ferent (Tom other bands Some times it sounds like a punk band, sometimes tike a blues band, yet other times like a darker version of the Cure But ’ "• !<.••’ ib . ■'■■■’ a- : one of the best albums m a while So go to your local music store, pick up this album, and as Harvey s-ngs ' ‘Meet Ze Mon:; fa.* "Big black monsoon, take me wiih you Let PJ Harvey and her music take you, it s not something you’ll regret - LES ZACZEK infrared’ a TAD disappointing Infrared Ruling HixhJ ★ * men come m the droned vocals and a latrty catchy cho rus not a Dad start But a cou ple songs into the alburn, the Mne wears thin l! seems that these boys have been listening to too much M • '.try and Prong The album is plagued by a lack of melody bad because these are reaiiy good musicians Except lor a couple good songs like 'Ictus ‘ "Red Eye Anget* and 'Demen ■ industrial death metai The iyncs don't get too inter ©sing eilnef an« are the typical headtoanger doomsday sales as m (he track 'Bludge.” - 'The streets are blood, your Shoes wiM ttood And the killer's on the loose lake the gargoyles perched outside Radioactive, albino eyed * Pretty heavy stuH. but it soundslike all trie other metal bands, i e Megadeath. 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