 Various
Artists
"VC Comp 1.0" CD
Vacant
Cage Records
Genres: indie rock, punk, hardcore
Vacant Cage
1784 W. Northfield Blvd #215
Murfreesboro TN
37129
Aug 7 - 13 2004 |
Vacant Cage is a new, Murfreesboro-based label dedicated to getting
Tennessee music into the public spotlight. They've already got a
number of releases released and in the pipeline, but VC Comp 1.0
is their introductory sampler - featuring twenty songs from twenty
different bands. The label's main bands, Fall With Me, Fluid
Ounces, and The January Taxi, are all represented, as are
numerous other local acts. While this disc is a very eclectic affair, all of these songs can
be considered "rock" to some extent, whether it's hardcore (Serotonin's
"Signal Flow," Falling Down's "Cesaren"),
weird drama pop (Call Florence Pow's "Creepy Girls," Fluid
Ounces' "Paperweight Machine"), or straightforward indie
rock (By The Graveyard's "Across the Fields," The
January Taxi's "Starlight the Sun"). Although the majority of VC Comp's twenty songs
are quite catchy, a few stand out from the rest. The
Preservatives' "Disciples of Mr. K" sounds like it was
recorded back in the sixties, which is actually quite
entertaining. Character's "Progressive
Democratic" is an amazing slice of ultra-infectious, Koester-esque
indie pop. The Roosevelts' "Turn Off The Radio," meanwhile, is one of the most
incredible instrumental pop numbers I've heard in a long time,
successful in both atmosphere and melody. Some of the weaker tracks (Ghostflower's
repetitive "Never There," Casio Cassanova's flat "Heart In Two") mess with the disc's flow and
consistency, but no compilation can be perfect.
On VC Comp 1.0, you're guaranteed to find something you like
- and, chances are, you may discover a number of new bands to
check out. The Tennessee indie scene is indeed promising and
unique; why not give it a chance?
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Matt Shimmer [Vitals: 20 tracks, distributed by the
label, released 2003] |
