Herd of Mers
"Aurora Caught Napping" CD
It's Twilight
Time
Genre: pop / rock
June 23 2008 |
Recalling the grungy fem-fronted of rock of Bettie Serveert
and The Breeders, married duo Karen and John Orsi
have put together Aurora Caught Napping, an eight-song disc
that has its moments but ultimately falls flat. The album's
best asset is its guitar melodies, which are often quite compelling,
but Karen Orsi's incredibly
Serveert-esque vocals don't supply
enough hooks to keep this album rolling. Combined with the homogeneity
of the songwriting, there isn't much here to
keep the listener engaged. Nothing is particularly awful, but none of
the songs really grab the attention and run with it -
"Keep" might be
the closest, but its delightfully topsy-turvy melody can only do so
much for this record. As it stands, Herd of Mers will need to
change things up for their next record, because I can't
imagine anyone other than family friends spinning this disc more than
once.
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Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 8 tracks, distributed by
the band,
released 2008] |