Stonewall Noise Orchestra Constants In An Ever Changing Universe 2008 320k(Excellent Stoner Rock)

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Stonewall Noise Orchestra - Constants In An Ever Changing Universe
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Artist...............: Stonewall Noise Orchestra
Album................: Constants In An Ever Changing Universe
Genre................: Stoner Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2008
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode)
Codec................: LAME 3.97
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (CBR 320kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: My Rip With Log
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Tracklisting
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1. (00:01:34) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - Roll Call
2. (00:05:14) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - Skyscraper Moment
3. (00:03:53) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - Hollow Parade
4. (00:04:44) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - The Inventor
5. (00:04:28) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - Venus Travel Agency
6. (00:05:29) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - Sideshow Messiah
7. (00:03:46) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - 4:54
8. (00:05:31) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - Deadications
9. (00:07:00) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - Clone Baby
10. (00:03:34) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - Headlights
11. (00:05:13) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - Dynamo
12. (00:07:21) Stonewall Noise Orchestra - Unknown Of Me
Playing Time.........: 00:57:45
Total Size...........: 132.28 MB
NFO generated on.....: 22/02/2009 06:30:26

Vol. 1, the debut from Stonewall Noise Orchestra, was your basic, garden-variety stoner rock. Driving rhythms, fuzzy riffs, big hooks - the whole shebang. There's nothing wrong with that, but Vol. 1 ultimately didn't offer anything that really elevated it above its peers.

With Constants in an Ever Changing Universe, the band is offering more of the same, albeit with a greater emphasis on the big hooks and with a little less standard-issue Big Muff distortion on the guitars. After an ultimately pointless intro track (“Roll Call”), the band hits the ground running with “Skyscraper Moment,” a pop-savvy interpretation of Kyuss. That formula is used to great effect also on “Venus Travel Agency” and “Clone Baby,” but the big hooks prove too big for some of the songs. “Hollow Parade,” “The Inventor,” and “Dynamo” come off a little too slick and polished (although if you thought the last Mustach album was a heavy hitter, you may react differently).

Constants in an Ever Changing Universe's greatest spark of inspiration comes on the last track, “Unknown of Me.” It's the obligatory slow and heavy closing number, but is sweetened with a melancholy melody courtesy of what I'm guessing is a bagpipe (or maybe a kazoo? Harmonica?). While the album's previous 11 numbers have varying degrees of success, this is the one song that leaves a lasting impression and shows that Stonewall Noise Orchestra has more to offer than your average driving rhythms, fuzzy riffs, and big hooks.

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