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| Different Shade of Beauty | 
 enlarge | Artist: Tearwave
Label: Projekt Records
Category: Music
List Price: $16.99
Buy New: $11.20
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 77351
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 217
UPC: 617026021720
EAN: 0617026021720
ASIN: B001AWUBQ0
Release Date: July 29, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Shattered Fairytale | | • | Holding On | | • | Nothing's Wrong | | • | Reflection | | • | The Message | | • | Falling from Grace | | • | Can't Go Home | | • | Claiming Life | | • | Under the Milky Way - Tearwave, Jannson, Karin | | • | Read Me | | • | Love Only Makes Me Weak | | • | Ripped Apart | | • | Comfort in Angels' Wings | | • | First Time | | • | Forgettable Name | | • | Question | | • | 72 BPM |
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Product Description
A year after their debut, Tearwave returns with this monumental 17 song, 77 minute CD. Overflowing with passion and motion, Jennifer's soaring vocals float over guitar glaciers, letting her words flow from a very authentic place, tapping into the darkest sides of her self.
Different Shade of Beauty's huge washes of shoegazer / indie-rock / dream-pop is driven by Doug's sweeping, gauzy guitars creating a dense musical interplay with Joe's surging bass-lines and John's insistent drum rhythms. And yet, even with the beautiful layers of musical melody, it's the ghostly ethereal soprano and dark lyrics which beckons through the tracks, like a woman lost in a wintry, foggy forest.
Much like their hometown of Buffalo, NY, these dreamy melodies can be piercingly cold at times; the beauty serves as a entrance to Jenn's lyrics which unflinchingly explore her deepest sorrows and regrets. "Shattered Fairytale" discovers the lies in life and explores thoughts of children that are never to be. "The Message " deals with suicide and false idols. "Reflection" touches upon a person's horrible self image that is in their own mind, yet effects their daily existance. And having a profound emotional effect for very different reasons, "Love Only Makes Me Weak" reflects upon the losing feeling of giving in and letting somebody have your heart.
Passionate, powerful and intense.
Tearwave blends dark waves of disintegration with shoegaze dream pop setting a mood for self-discovery. Having the listener sit back and really feel was Tearwave's main goal. Creating a shoegaze classic is what they have achieved.
"Fans of My Bloody Valentine, Lush, and Slowdive will fall into a state of uncontrollable obsession with the mighty Tearwave. Tight rhythmic beats lure you nearer and nearer until you feel as if Tearwave is going to tell you its deepest darkest secret, only for it to crumble into a big passionate foundation of harmony and discordant waves of sonic tapestries lush with ornate spectacles and sights." - Smother.net
"Tearwave has set the groundwork to become a classic,." - MusicTap.net
"The people over at Projekt Records have found another stellar group to add to their roster. We'll be watching this group with great excitement over the next few years. " - Gothic Paradise
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| Customer Reviews:
Beauty Comes in Darker Shades November 15, 2008
A) Take: The Cranberries
B) Recast them as darkwave
C) Extract from Dolores' voice all traces of her lilt
D) Layer back on some luscious silk
That's the impression I get from this Tearwave release, my first experience with the band. It's quite a collection of dark, melodic mood, 17 songs worth. And from start to finish, Tearwave stays true to form and in character here. No wild swings into strange tangents; these songs hang nicely together. The darkwave hallmark that I crave--edgy, gritty, stark lyrics interspersed with flowing melodies, varied tempos, and habit-inducing refrains--sit at the core of this work.
I liked just about all of the tracks, even with so many to pick from. Over half tempt me to hit the replay button repeatedly. There's a fantastic recast of Under The Milky Way, my fav indulgence from The Church. Feels to me like the front end of the song set is the stronger portion, but be ready for an amazing exit with 72 BPM, which makes you not want the disc to wind down.
If I could use just one word to sum up the experience here and give you something to contemplate, it would be: haunting.
Highly Recommended
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