Song of Kerman

This post is a continuation post of yesterday's post.

Gray Before My Eyes went on to become a band called "Song of Kerman." I really dug Gray Before My Eyes but Song of Kerman has a much more full sound. In Song of Kerman they have a full band, or at least if they had one in GBME, one that plays at full capacity. If you enjoyed GBME at all I highly recommend this record since it overshadowed theirs almost immediately once I found it.

Song of Kerman is an emo band that existed around '98 (at least that is when this record is dated around) from Orlando, Florida. This band is really interesting as it's heavy emo and has a really passionate angry feel through a lot of it, but the bass chugs along adding a lighter mood to the album. On top of that they do a lot of vocal experimentation sometimes it feels as though they added a slight distortion to the vocals, others it waivers into an awkward/eerie singing voice. The guitar cuts through nearly everything and the vocals almost always fade back to a raspy shout from which you can usually understand the lyrics quite well from--Kind of unusual for heavier music. A lot of the songs involve a lot of spoken portions coming out over plucky guitar and building into further spasms of shouting and guitar. The structure of these songs is extremely well put together and even after multiple listens the album still feels fresh and interesting.

Unfortunately finding this album except by mp3 would be extremely difficult considering it's extremely limited with under 500 copies floating around released posthumously. Further information about the band is equally as hard to find. I do not know if the members went on to other projects or if they were in anything else simultaneously.

I do not know what else to say about this album except that it has a great emo, hardcore and rock aesthetic so it should be added to your collection.

Also I did not rip the album--So I just want to apologize about tracks 2&3 and 8&9 being compounded. Nothing I can do about that, really.

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