An album release from Deep Cricket Night has a way of delivering a brilliant combination of rock subgenres along with plenty more. But throughout it all you begin to get yourself attached to the actual personality and character that's delivered throughout the record as well and I think that that is something just as impactful as the music itself.
The Song of the Siren Saved album is a combination of what I would say indie rock, classic rock, plenty of post-punk, experimental and even slightly psychedelic approaches, and a lot more and it's all rolled up into one big release which comes through in layers.
I love an album that has layers that you can peel back, and this is one record that you should be listening to from beginning to end all the way through.
There are a few reasons for that and one of them is that at times, this album feels somewhat like a concept record. The songs have strange ways of interconnecting with each other and the record has a certain flow to it.
Also, if you listen to only one or two tracks from this album then you may get a little hint or just of what may be to come but you won't get anywhere near the full spectrum of what the album has to offer as a whole.
This is a very full record, and it's got a robust approach with an eclectic style of bringing together genres.
You get such a cool set of guitar tones that are each slightly different per song depending on what the approach is, and you also have such a rich set of synths and keys that really give the songs their lush soundscape a lot of the time.
One of my favorite aspects about this album in particular is its energy levels. The energy and intensity levels come in waves, and it feels almost like these guys recorded a lot of these songs alive on the floor to an extent.
When you listen to the record it feels like each member involved was feeding off the other one energy wise and so the songs come through with that live performance undertone.
Again, the keys and pianos are just as important as the guitar is here and each element of this record seems to compliment the next.
You have a sort of contemporary pop overcoat for a lot of these tracks and the record does indeed boast as much color as it does edginess, and I love that combination because it works well for these guys.
One of the other things I adored about this release was the honesty. You are able to have pictures painted for you because the lyrics feel like they're all coming from a real place, and they can be semi-detailed at times to the point where you can pick up on that authenticity.
Having said all that, there are loads of hooks and catchy sections, courses, and more that all stick in your brain for so long that the only way to satiate that is to go and listen to the record again.
They're able to put together songs that feel like they come from different places and are inspired or influenced by different styles of music but on the record itself, as an entire album, there is a confluence. I find that very alluring.
The guys released the Song of the Siren Saved album in 2023 and have also just recently released an EP that really kind of showcases a bit of their evolution as a band.
This release is called Mind Gets Flayed and has three tracks. One called "Sudden Summer" has a great and sort of floaty section of guitars that let you drift right alongside it. I dig this track a lot because you get engulfed in it and wrapped up in it really quickly and it takes you to a different place.
The second track is called "Say Come Hither" which there are two versions of on the record. A short one and a long one.
Of course, I'm more of a fan of the long version of the track because they just really jammed out and this brings me right back to that whole live performance aspect and how it feels like they record things like this live on the floor.
Perhaps I was right about that all along and after listening to this track I couldn't be more convinced.
Again, I'm just convincing myself here because I'm not in the band and have no idea how they actually tracked these songs.
Either way that energy makes you want to go see them live because the way it's captured on record is so cool that you know seeing them live would just be a great experience.
Remember where you heard it first.
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