'Unknown' artist offers album worth of attention
Issue date: 10/20/08 Section: Arts & Culture
Indirect Communication
Unknown Component
Grade: B
Unknown Component's new album, Indirect Communication, is a unique CD with a very contemporary and modern sound.
Putting it plainly, Indirect Communication has its good sides and bad sides like any other album. However, thanks to solid production and vocal clarity, this album stands out.
One of Indirect's best features is that vocalist Keith Lynch has a great voice. Not every gifted singer manages to lead - even in Lynch's case of being a soloist - but luckily, this one does.
Another good point is that his songs contain good messages in them; ones that make you think.
While synthesizers seem to be the go-to gadget for recent mainstream rock and alternative music, Lynch breaks from the norm with a daring, different and almost avant-garde approach - live instrumentation!
Sorry. No synthesizer here guys.
One the flip side, the music is so mellow it might put you to sleep. Another negative of the album is that the songs really don't have a good trail off to let you know that a song is ending.
The tracks sort of bleed together, and while it's not a horrible thing, it can be a tad disorienting.
During the course of the album, Unknown Component is reminiscent of Sting or Bob Dylan.
As far as production quality is concerned, you can tell that the music is live. It is well done and the finished product reflects this.
Sadly, there is a noticeable lack of guest spots on this album. While the album stands well on its own, bringing another similar artist with a known name may have been the trick to pull this band towards the mainstream attention they should be receiving.
Unknown Component's In-direct Communication is the album that says everything you want to say about the world without all the yelling and screaming. I just wish it was executed with a little more power.
Victoria Moore•
Unknown Component
Grade: B
Unknown Component's new album, Indirect Communication, is a unique CD with a very contemporary and modern sound.
Putting it plainly, Indirect Communication has its good sides and bad sides like any other album. However, thanks to solid production and vocal clarity, this album stands out.
One of Indirect's best features is that vocalist Keith Lynch has a great voice. Not every gifted singer manages to lead - even in Lynch's case of being a soloist - but luckily, this one does.
Another good point is that his songs contain good messages in them; ones that make you think.
While synthesizers seem to be the go-to gadget for recent mainstream rock and alternative music, Lynch breaks from the norm with a daring, different and almost avant-garde approach - live instrumentation!
Sorry. No synthesizer here guys.
One the flip side, the music is so mellow it might put you to sleep. Another negative of the album is that the songs really don't have a good trail off to let you know that a song is ending.
The tracks sort of bleed together, and while it's not a horrible thing, it can be a tad disorienting.
During the course of the album, Unknown Component is reminiscent of Sting or Bob Dylan.
As far as production quality is concerned, you can tell that the music is live. It is well done and the finished product reflects this.
Sadly, there is a noticeable lack of guest spots on this album. While the album stands well on its own, bringing another similar artist with a known name may have been the trick to pull this band towards the mainstream attention they should be receiving.
Unknown Component's In-direct Communication is the album that says everything you want to say about the world without all the yelling and screaming. I just wish it was executed with a little more power.
Victoria Moore•
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