I’ve had this CD now for 3 weeks. This is a journal of how I
\nlistened to this CD.<\/p>\n
\nPre-Listening – Week of 8\/12\/02<\/i> The Postman Syndrome. What a
\ndumb name. Sounds like a punk band. But it’s on Now or Never
\nRecords, the good folks that recently introduced the next
\nGuns-n-Roses, Brand New Sin.<\/p>\n
Okay, track 1 is called “Amputees Make Bad Swimmers.” Uh, does
\nthis band want enemies? Here’s a track called “Lonely In Your
\nArms”. Ah, going for the illusion of being alone when you’re with
\nsomeone. Hmm. This looks kind of dumb. I’ll let it sit a day or
\ntwo.<\/p>\n
\nFirst Week of Listening – Week of 8\/19\/02<\/i> Man, work has been
\nchallenging this week. Maybe the deadline stress of this week at
\nwork has made me a bit more impatient than normal. I still haven’t
\nlistened to this CD but I’m starting to get the 8 projects dumped
\non me a week late done. In fact, I got those projects done quite a
\nbit faster than I thought. My head is starting to clear so I better
\nlisten to this release.<\/p>\n
This band is a cerebral band. What I mean by that is the band
\nchallenges the listener to keep up. It’s kind of like listening to
\nRush. With each song, you have to figure out what they are singing
\nabout. But with Rush, if you get caught up in the lyrics, you miss
\nthe intricate instrumental elements. And if you get caught up in
\nthe music, you miss the intricate lyrical canvas that lyricist Neil
\nPeart has laid into your ears.<\/p>\n
Same is true for Postman Syndrome. If you get caught up in the
\nlyrics, you miss the tight interaction between metal, hardcore
\nvocals, clean guitar tones, pounding drums, and throbbing bass
\nparts. And if you get caught up in the music, you’ll miss the
\nsoaring harmonies and interesting lyrical twists and turns, “She
\nKeeps Me Locked Inside” being just one gem in track five.<\/p>\n
So what are you to do with this band? The same thing I did. Give
\nthem time. You are probably going to be saddened by your listening
\nexperience with only one listen. You may not even make it to the
\n8:39 opus “Unfamiliar Ceiling.” You may get bogged down in the
\nopening track “Amputees Make Bad Swimmers” and its clean guitar
\nparts that open the track before the vocalist starts screaming a
\nmere 46 seconds into the track. Don’t make that mistake.<\/p>\n
\nSecond Week of Listening – Week of 8\/26\/02<\/i> I now can’t take
\nthis out of my player. My favorite track is “Lonely In Your Arms,”
\nthe 7:15 opus. The snare drum has a different tone and the band
\ngrooves along in the opening section, interspersed with hints of
\nthe upcoming section with distorted guitar. By the time the song
\nimplodes at the 1:03 mark, the groove is serious and the foot is
\ntapping. I have been able to listen to this 53 minute CD
\nrepeatedly, picking up something new each time. Elements of Tool
\nand Earth Crisis are really shining through.<\/p>\n
I like this. I’m giving it an A when I finally sit my ass down
\nand write a review of this CD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":26236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6779],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-37457","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-postman-syndrome","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37457","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37457"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37457"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}