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my first bad review
Title: my first bad review
wow, my first bad review....i guess you could say that this
guy
rips me a new bumhole....oh well....
and for the record, i thought i was trying to create loop-based
music
but i guess the reviewer heard "mindless guitar wankery".
oh well....
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http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/452/hsacnostetn.html
review (or bumhole ripping is at:)
http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=3244635279110287
splendid >
reviews > 11/9/2002
Self-Released
No, the artist's
name is not a misprint. It's just the "clever" pseudonym of
solo artist Scott Hansen. Sadly, his music is as muddled and poorly
thought-out as his artistic moniker.
d2r (when you
say it fast it sounds like "detour"!) is a 38 track, 79
minute album recorded by Hansen in his personal studio, with mistakes
included. Half the songs are acoustic singer-songwriter numbers, and
the other half are "experimental" segues that consist of
mindless guitar wankery. Maybe it's just me, but effects-laden riffs
and screeches make for anything but smooth transitions between
stripped-down pop songs. Then again, at least there's something
to space the songs out; otherwise, the album would sound like one
long, insanely monotonous song, as the chords and structures are
homogenous throughout. Aside from sounding essentially the same as its
fellows, every song here comes complete with trite, repetitive lyrics
that struggle to squeeze into the choppy verses, creating many awkward
moments.
Judging by the extremely personal liner notes and good-natured slant
of the lyrics, HsAcNoStEtN seems to be a pretty nice fellow, but he
should have asked himself whether anyone would pay money to own
d2r before he released it. -- Phillip Buchan
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