The band isn’t unlike more mainstream acts like Dashboard Confessional or the All-American Rejects in their mellowness and pleading vocals…with few exceptions like “Sour Grapes,” which is sulky, but also angsty, channeling The Mars Volta through Kia’s vocals. Read More
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Ashes reviewed by Pace Press
Raman’s Collective Sound Interview
Hi All,
Last week Raman was interviewed by Collective Sound. Check it out
Be Surprised
I recently read a review of Ashes that said the album was basically “phoned in” which means, to me at least, that no emotion and care was put into making it. This hit me really hard because Ashes is a collection emotional revelations. This album was written at a time when depression, death, and drugs, destroyed my family. The guy who said my album was “phoned in” also went on to say, “I wouldn’t be surprised if the band broke up after this CD”.
A part of me thinks this is his take on the lyrics at the end of sour grapes: I’ve got a good mind to throw in the towel, I’ve been rolling with the punches for so long. Now life is a heartache in the cubicles, the ashes of a dream I once had.
If this is the case, I can see why he would think this way, but honestly this band has been through so much together: record deals that fell apart, endless touring in a van with no money, and some horrible personal shit - but we did not break up, nor are we about to. Instead we made this album with our own money, with love, and with care; and just for the record we are writing the next album. So, Scott Homewood, sorry, be surprised, we are not breaking up.