There is eclectic music… and then there’s just
\nweird<\/i>. Angel Anton falls under the latter category.<\/p>\n
This three-piece group, led by guitarist Marcel Anton (who has
\nbeen known to take the stage wearing only a pair of Speedos – well,
\nguess it’s better than the infamous Red Hot Chili Peppers tube
\nsock), claims to have a Frank Zappa-like vibe to their music on
\ntheir disc
\nOrbital Groove<\/i>. All I know is that, if Frank were alive to
\nhear that claim, he’d lay waste to these guys so fast it would make
\ntheir instruments explode.<\/p>\n
Problem number one with this disc: lack of a strong vocalist.
\nWhoever told Anton he had a singing voice should have their hearing
\nchecked; if he indeed is the one providing the pipes on tracks like
\n“Beatles Medley,” his vocals are wobblier than a house of cards and
\nthinner than a sheet of rice paper. His bandmates – bassist Gary
\nVaughan and drummer Leon Abner – are only marginally better.<\/p>\n
Problem numbr two: aimless musical styling. On one side, it
\nsounds like Angel Anton is going for an island groove at times; at
\nothers, they try to bring in the funk (and don’t do nearly as
\nwell). Tracks like “Tomorrow,” “Hot & Wendy” and “I Dream Of
\nYou” suggest that Angel Anton just doesn’t know which direction
\nthey should be taking their music – and until they do make that
\ndecision, they shouldn’t unleash such uncertainty on an
\nunsuspecting audience.<\/p>\n
Problem number three:
\nOrbital Groove<\/i> leads the listener to expect that they’re
\nabout to hear musical expertise so great that their speakers will
\nmelt. That kind of a moment comes only once – on the instrumental
\ntrack “Malibu”. Unfortunately, the weaknesses of this group
\nsometimes outweigh the moments that one would normally pick as
\nstand-outs. “Lady X” might have been a killer track… if someone
\nelse had done it. Vaughan is made out to be an incredible
\nfive-string bassist… too bad his work is often buried in a sonic
\nmess.<\/p>\n
Yeah, I know I should be more supportive to an upstart band,
\nespecially one on a smaller label… but Angel Anton makes it
\nalmost impossible to like them, and
\nOrbital Groove<\/i> is a disc which just grates on the listener’s
\nears. It’s hell trying to get through Angel Anton’s
\nOrbital Groove<\/i>, and I just wish someone would stop the
\nmusic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6519],"rating":[11203],"class_list":["post-36946","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-angel-anton","rating-rating-d-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36946"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36946"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}